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Wow. I've been dropped off a line on the west coast of Tasmania.

It's going to be so good and so bad, probably at the same time.

There goes humanity.

If you don't start getting food in quick, you're not going to last long out

here. Oh, this moss feels amazing.

My goal is to be the first grandmother, mother, to win this.

There was a tree falling.

Oh, here comes the rain.

Let's see how this shelter holds up.

This is stupid. This is ridiculous.

I've got no chance of recovering that fire, which means I can't stay warm.

We're halfway to the South Pole. We're going to be totally alone.

It's Tasmania. It's cold. It's rain. It's snow.

We're all going to leave changed forever.

Holy fuck. What is this place?

What have I gotten myself into?

We have to document this whole experience while trying to survive at

the same time.

Check it out.

What? 60k wins.

Mother Nature's kicking my ass.

This experience is just as much a mind game as it is a

survival game.

We got dinner!

Oh, you fucker! Mum?

Suddenly going downhill very, very fast.

Oh,

my heart.

A $250,000 prize would change my life. I like you, Tasmania!

Got up this morning, had a dingo's breakfast.

For those of you that don't know what a dingo's breakfast is, that's a drink of

water and a look around.

Man, everything's just so wet, eh?

Oh, it was cold last night.

It was freezing.

Hear those kookaburras?

They're laughing at me because I'm just thinking about tapping.

When I first thought of coming out here, it was more to just have something

that my daughter could look back on.

Just because I don't want to sit there under that shelter, you know, night

after night, just being miserable when I could be at home with her, giving her a

cuddle, you know.

I had a one in ten shot at...

Yeah, that's a lot of money, but that's not why I come here.

I just come here because I wanted you to be proud, eh, bub?

That's all.

We home soon.

This is Rob.

I'm officially tapping out.

The Palawa, when they were out here, they would move seasonally to where

conditions were more hospitable.

Everything's just constantly wet.

You wouldn't have lived with any joy here.

Careful.

I hope I did them proud.

I would have liked to have stayed longer, but... And, you know, it's not

lost on me that chances like this don't come along very often. And, yeah,

it's something I would have liked to have done better at for them.

The funny thing is...

That survivalist mindset what it does it automatically positions country as the

enemy something to fight against and something to resist The last person

standing is ultimately the person who can

what country is telling them the longest, you know. So we have a word,

nunya, that means stubborn, you know. So who's the most stubborn person? Who

wants to sit out there cold, wet and miserable the longest? Oh,

congratulations, you win, you know.

It's just counterintuitive. It's the complete opposite to what, you know,

would have been done back in the day.

I think this experience just reinforced the value of family.

They always say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, you know, and I

definitely felt them with me while I was out there, but also felt them calling me

home.

Already this place feels like, like it's where I'm going to be.

Oh, that sun.

Today I nut out my permanent shelter, get the frame up.

The west coast of Tasmania is cold, it's rugged, it's wet, it's rainy.

Shelter's the number one thing, number one priority in survival.

I want to have a home.

You know, I want to have somewhere that feels like it's mine.

I need to get to work.

I'm so fat.

I'm so fat. I can't stand up. I have to... I have to rock.

I have to rock. I might do, these boots don't help.

Okay, one, two, three. There we go.

Oh my God, that's embarrassing.

In preparation for this, I've been putting on weight.

That fat is going to be my survival strategy.

In a survival situation, fat becomes the most important nutritional component.

Without fat, you can have as much protein and greens as you need and you

will still starve.

So this is my primary focus for the next probably two weeks, is spend the bulk of

my calories just getting the shelter done.

I have enough food on my body that I don't have to worry about starving any

time soon.

scoping out where the best place for a shelter is going to be.

And it's going to be somewhere on this little promontory.

Surviving in Australia is harder than you'd think.

Not only are there all sorts of dangerous critters that, you know, if

they bite you, can cause considerable harm, the gum trees are basically

throwing limbs down at you, so even the trees are trying to kill you.

There's a big old myrtle back there.

You can see that could conceivably chuck a branch down.

That's going to fall straight down.

There, good chunk.

We have incredibly extreme weather. We will have wind that can be up to

120, 130 kilometres an hour and then trees will fall in the forests.

Imagine that falling on you at two in the morning.

It can be really challenging to find somewhere safe to be.

Here.

It may not look like much now.

Give me a few days.

That is going to be a home.

Beauty.

It's full of water.

That's my drinking water sorted for the day.

Awesome.

That's good boot water.

I keep putting my axe down and then having a hard time seeing it again

because it's so camouflaged because it's wood coloured.

So I'm going to tie a rag onto it or some bright paracord

to make it easier to see.

I reckon there's a very good chance I could last out here forever.

I'm very experienced in this area. I've done it many times and I know what to

expect.

I'm a former army helicopter pilot, air force airplane pilot and survival

instructor. Being a pilot in the military teaches you to prepare.

I have a lot of experience all around Australia in a whole bunch of different

environments and now since leaving the air force I make adventure films about

survival.

I'm strong at building things with my hands and I'm good at bush tucker,

I'm good at hunting.

I certainly have a drive because I'm competitive like most people to win and

obviously the money would be helpful for my family as well. Who's going to miss

me the most?

I think the dog's going to miss him. What do you think, Ollie?

My family is used to me being away.

They don't like it and I don't like being away from them but the

disadvantages of me being away are outweighed by the advantages.

When you throw yourself 100% at something, you don't really have any

regrets afterwards.

I'm good at prioritising what I do because there's so many things that you

have to do and the order in which you do them can mean the difference between

success and failure.

My strategy is to prioritise food above all else.

I really haven't improved camp much and I don't think I will.

Shelter building in Australia is not as important as it is in the Arctic of

North America because you don't need...

to survive an arctic winter this shelter would be fine for 100 days

and even a fireplace like i don't need a fireplace at the moment i don't need to

cook anything having a fire is a little bit like having a baby you gotta look

after it if i don't need it there's no point wasting your energy to dig a fire

pit and get a fire going so yeah i just see no rush for that

The difference between winning this or not is whether you can bring in food.

I reckon that's the whole game.

So I got myself in a bit of a funk and it's only day two.

It is really wet. It rained overnight.

When I woke up, fire was out and I made a mistake.

I should have put my fire under my shelter, but I was scared of burning and

melting my tarp.

I knew the first couple of days would be tough.

So I'll ride through it.

But it is super dark in here, which isn't helping.

And thick.

And it's just not comfortable.

It's like something's been gnawing on this bit of wood here.

In the night.

I don't remember that one looking like that.

Yeah, it's just weird.

I want to move my spot.

Find somewhere that is a bit more open.

Let's go for a bit of a walk, eh?

My strategy...

is to get a sense of the lay of the land before I set up a long-term shelter.

And then get to work on how I'm going to catch my food.

I'm just going to suss out this little spot that I found yesterday.

Been through here.

This is going to be a prick having to carry my stuff if I find something good.

It's a bit challenging.

But it's very dense.

I don't know what that was.

Down there.

I just slid down there.

I don't really want to be too far away from the water.

But that's so steep.

That's bullshit.

So I'm not even going to worry about that.

It's not worth breaking the neck.

Let's put her back through here.

I don't want to go back in there.

It's so dark.

All right, we'll check to get this fire going a bit better.

It's not great.

Well, it's day two.

First night I stayed here and this shelter's actually held up pretty well.

I'm surprised and very happy with that because I was getting a little worried.

I need to get my wood for that fire.

That's the first thing I'll do.

It just feels unreal being going to this competition. I never really expected to

get this far and I put the application in.

It's just crazy, I think.

I'm not really here to prove anything.

I'm just here to challenge myself, really. I don't feel like I have

anything to prove.

I'm getting kind of hungry.

I've been so excited about fishing here. This whole lead-up, all I can think

about is I really want to catch a big fish, or even a big eel.

One of those I just want to make the most of it and just get an experience

It's gonna be nice and having to feed pigs and I'm going actually I'm 22

and I'm a country boy Probably like to spend most of my

time by myself outdoors I Just sort of always wanted to just be able to live

off the land as long as I can remember I Have a lot of experience in trappings A

lot of bushcraft, I can build all sorts of things and problem solving and fixing

things.

I think personally that's one of my biggest skills, just to assess the

situation and work out what you need to get through it.

What did you say the other day, Jimmy lit his first fire when he was like two

or something?

It was before, like when he could walk. Yeah.

Yeah, I reckon I've got mostly my parents to thank for my survival

knowledge. Ever since I was really little, they've been teaching me a whole

range of outdoor activities, hunting and fishing and camping.

I think possibly being one of the youngest people on here, it could be an

advantage. I don't have kids or a partner or like a family of my own.

I'm kind of wild and free, really. I can go as long as I want. I don't have

people that really rely on me.

You're so looking forward to being alone, huh?

Bye. Bye.

I just don't feel good.

I don't even know what temperature I am. I feel weird.

Get hot, cold, hot, cold.

I'm fine with hard work and stuff, but when I don't have food, I struggle.

I just want to go fishing.

All right, now I've got to go all that way, all that way to the fishing spot

and try to die, try to slip down

the sides in all that mud.

It's hard because my boots have mud all over them now.

This is a very harsh environment. It's not going to be very easy to live in.

It's cool, this place, though.

Like, even though it's hard to trek through it, I don't really get to go

into any rainforests.

Whoa, that slipped me there.

Just nice and slowly.

Oh, my pants are full of mud.

Just so dizzy.

Oh, man.

I can feel I'm not thinking straight.

Just put it right there.

Just try to take it slowly. I'm getting so exhausted so easily.

I was planning on doing a lot of meditation out here, although I've found

every time I stop and just look that it's like an instant

meditative state.

Just enough to not hear my own thoughts.

There's bubbles. There's definitely bubbles.

Here, check this out. That's not rain. Man, what if it's a crayfish?

Come on, little crayfish.

All right, cool. Let's get a fishing rod.

I wonder when I'm going to crack.

When I'm going to start to crack due to the starvation.

Probably won't be too long, a few days maybe, you know, if I don't have any

luck getting fish.

You know, just having that button there, I could just press it and go, nah, come

get me, I'm going to the pub, I'm going to get a steak.

So we need to get some fish.

Basically, I'm going to do something real simple.

So I'm just going to clean up the tip of this stick here.

Just get that outer bark off.

And I'm basically just going to chuck some line on that, tie it off, and then

go down and dangle it over.

I just want to get it right in the water.

Righto.

Righto, little buggy bug.

I found this poor little cricket.

I think that's a cricket.

There's a few of them around here, so they're going to be on the diet.

Like fishing.

Tassie's son.

That's awesome.

Yes.

How good's this?

Far out. That's beautiful. Thank you.

Not many nibbles.

What if I just can't catch fish or can't catch anything?

I can stay here forever.

Everything's good. I'm not lonely.

I love everything about this place. Every single thing.

Except not having food in me tummy.

I've got mud on my face.

It doesn't bother me if I do.

Day two.

It was raining all night last night.

It didn't stop raining at all.

It's pretty shit.

There was even a leak in my tarp when it was coming through.

I set up my tarp wrong on the first night.

That was my mistake. That was stupid.

It rains 255 out of 365 days a year here.

This is not a good start at all.

My clothes are soaked.

My waterproof jacket.

It's soaked.

My sleeping bag cover is soaked.

The bottom of my bag is full of water.

Everything's wet.

My gloves, my socks, my gaiters.

Absolutely soaked.

The pants.

I'm in a lot of trouble.

Fucking stupid, man.

You get wet, you get cold, you get hypothermia, you're out of the game.

If I'm going to make this happen, I've got to really, really step it up.

I'm going to have to start again.

Day two.

Let's do it.

So I'm just getting some stuff ready so I can make a

fire to boil up some water.

I'm pretty thirsty.

I mean, I've got some there, but it looks super funky.

I'm sitting in overnight.

This is so wet.

This stuff is so wet.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Fuck's sake.

Stop.

This is shit.

I need to walk away.

Fire I can get, right? Never had an issue.

I can't do it.

How do I survive this? If I can't get fire.

If you don't have fire, you can't boil your water.

And if I can't boil my water, I can't drink.

Try again.

Oh, come on, far out.

Yes.

You

son

of a bitch.

Simple things, right?

Simple things that still my head in the most.

This is probably the stupidest thing that I think I've ever put my hand up to

do.

Trine and I, we've been together 18, going on 19 years this year.

We've built the life that we want There's not one part of it that I hate

I don't need to do this to prove

to anyone that I'm a strong woman

It's back.

I want to go home.

I want to go home.

I'm tapping out.

I haven't had a decent drink of water today because I haven't been able to

start a fire.

I'm pretty confident with the fire and the ferro rod, but have a look at that.

I have worn that down so much just trying to get Tinder to light.

And so if I was to stay here any longer, I wouldn't have fire.

I have a good life. I have a happy life.

And I want to go back to that life.

I don't need to be out here to think about that or soul search. I don't need

to do that. I've got a good life.

This is a super tough environment.

I think it's a mental game, completely mental.

My hat goes off to the rest of the people that are left here. If they're

having a go at this, they're tough, they've got grit.

I've got grit just in other ways.

Oh my goodness, it's disco.

Stereo.

Well, that made me dizzy.

I think I've made the choice of where my shelter will be.

So, I'm going to need some poles.

Okay, my friend.

How do you feel about being part of my shelter?

What do you reckon?

Getting set up for survival is always a massive calorie burn.

Alright, I have my first tripod.

I've been training for something like this my whole life.

I've been working on the physical skills of shelter, water, fire and food, but

also the internal skills of resilience, problem solving and creativity.

Alright, cheers.

I'm sorry, feet, you've done really well, but...

Ouchie. Ow, ow, ow.

Right. Enough.

I'm feeling the push and the pressure of time to get myself

set up.

I'm feeling the pressure of the elements.

Let's get you up.

But putting that energy in, it means that I'll then have a home for the rest

of my time here.

That goes there and then I have another tripod here

Yeah, that'll do

It's extremely muddy here, particularly when you get down to the water's edge.

What I'm trying to do is find a log like this one that's underwater and it will

hopefully, when I pull it out, have lots of things I can use for bait.

This is kind of what I'm talking about.

This tiny little bug there.

Trout love these kinds of things.

My biggest concern is the food.

I have a fast metabolism, and if I don't get it, I'll be gone.

So I like to go fishing.

There's a little mayfly.

But, I mean, this place is an absolute bastard of a place to fish.

It is so snaggy that if I set a certain line, I'm just going to lose my hook.

So I'm going to start making a kayak.

my set line fishing needs my ability to put out a gill net when i make one allow

me to find water and do my recce so this kayak is actually pivotal to my survival

out here

so

each one of these hoops is going to be like a bulkhead in my kayak

This will be a small one close to the front. Then I'll have a bigger one near

my feet and my hips.

I had to build our canoe for the last solo adventure.

So I can apply that here.

As you get older, you just keep getting better because you have more time to

gather skills.

These are techniques which are really going to help you survive.

I like crows.

They're funny buggers.

I remember reading about what it means.

I think one ra is yes, two ra ra is no.

I'm feeling good about this kayak.

Yeah, I can't wait to start fishing.

What I'm after is to see if I can reach self-sustainment in the bush.

So if I can do that and I can comfortably live for as long as I want

to live for out here, I could definitely win.

let's go for a walk so that we can find i need to say what i'm working with here

suss out the land we'll see if there's anything worth trapping and set some

traps up i'm a hunter i do guided hunts i track and stalk things for a living

normally out in the bush every week tracking game by looking at the signs i

know whatever's in this area

I did a lot of tracks through here yesterday.

And then what I'm doing today is I'm walking back over them to see if there's

any animal tracks that have stepped over mine from yesterday to see what's come

through.

I've seen a couple of footprints in the mud.

I don't want to get my scent everywhere in the area here.

I'm a meat eater.

That's all I do.

I eat meats.

I'm hoping if I go to the high ground, I want to set up a beautiful,

you know, grass pasture with just animals everywhere.

Not even a game trial.

Just quiet and nothing.

What are we going to do?

If I don't find what I'm looking for and I got nothing to work with, I'm in a lot

of trouble.

I don't want to be starving.

I don't know what's gonna happen.

But something better fucking change.

I just wish I didn't feel sick.

I'll do a wrap.

I don't have any table or anything for this, so hopefully I don't tip anything

over here.

But, I don't know.

Oh, man.

I mean, I'm sure I'd survive out here with COVID.

Isolating pretty well.

It's just... I don't know, people get COVID and... ..they struggle,

even when they have a lot of food and water and stuff.

If that comes up positive... Oh, man.

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Oh, man.

Yeah, it's got a line there.

Better

let

them know.

Oh if all the dimes get covered.

Oh man, just getting started.

Hey, Jimmy.

How you feeling?

I just sort of sharp veins on my left side, just sort of about the bottom

lower rib.

Listen to your heart, mate, if you... Yeah.

And if you can just take an arm out, I'll do your blood pressure.

Your heart's really racing along.

It's sitting on about 120 to 130.

Yeah, right.

And now for...

A fit young bloke like yourself, that should be down more like maybe 60 or 70.

So your heart's going almost double what I'd expect it to be. Yeah. And I think

the COVID's irritating your heart and that's causing it to raise.

Yeah. Probably worried enough to say I need to medically take you out of the

field.

Oh, man.

It'd be pretty tough out here doing this competition without being sick but I

think being sick just puts a whole new level into it.

I came out here to test myself but I'm not out here for coming first if it

means I'm going to kill myself.

I'm still young. I've got a lot of my life to live. I'm not going to risk

doing permanent damage to myself.

It is peach black outside.

It's like peach black.

I can't find my head torch, eh?

And this is really bothering me because I need it.

I don't want to spend the night with a fucking head torch.

My wife fucking told me, keep your shit organized.

Keep your shit organized.

Come on.

The last thing you want to do here.

Spend the night without a head torch.

Come on, man.

Gotta get your shit together, mate. Gotta get your fucking shit together.

Bad enough you got all your fucking warm clothes wet.

And all your...

Waterproof shit wet.

Yes.

That was close.

Shit like that. Just like a simple thing like that.

That could mean you'll take it home.

Even sitting here at night in the black, all you can hear is the pitter-patter of

the rain on the tarp. There is not a single animal noise out there.

Not a single animal noise, not one.

So for dinner tonight, we are having water.

That's all we're having tonight, just a bottle of water.

I have not seen a single thing alive.

Yeah, surviving here is going to be very hard.

I haven't eaten in three and a bit days. Come on, give me something.

If we don't get meat, we're probably not going to do too well out here. This may

take me to a level of starvation that I've never experienced before.

Ooh, it's got a... You, I think.

Yeah, maybe.

I've already found a few little grubs.

This is really getting on my nerves.

I feel like I've let myself down a bit.

It's very easy for the mind to go, oh, you can just go home and eat.

Bye.