1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:05,040 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,200 [applause] 3 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:18,480 Do not adjust your screens. 4 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,160 We're still "Alone, Australia," but this time we're alone 5 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:23,640 with friends. 6 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,880 I'm Amanda Keller, and here are 10 extraordinary humans. 7 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:32,120 Showered, fed, pants on, just. 8 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,920 And they're ready to spill the sausage soup on season one 9 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:37,520 of a "Alone, Australia." 10 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:39,120 Gina, congratulations. 11 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,640 Incredible work. 12 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:42,800 Well, all of them. 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,120 You are simply inspiring humans. 14 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,920 Over the next hour, we're going to relive 15 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,120 some of those seemingly unlivable moments. 16 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,000 We're going to show you some never-before-seen footage 17 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,040 and gain some insights into how you all 18 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:01,680 tapped in to that inner resolve and then tapped out. 19 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,560 I predict some tears, and probably mostly from me. 20 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:06,680 But first, I can reveal to Australia 21 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,440 that other than Gina, none of these people 22 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,200 knew who won "Alone, Australia" until about an hour ago. 23 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,760 They watched those final two decisive episodes together, 24 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,240 and I could hear your jaws drop from my very comfortable 25 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:20,920 dressing room next door. 26 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,200 Now, Mike, so much to discuss. 27 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,400 But before we do, and this is always the hard bit, 28 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:30,600 we're going to make you relive those last moments after 64 29 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:35,000 long, grueling days when on your birthday, of all days, 30 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:39,760 you found out your time was over. 31 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:41,720 [dramatic music] 32 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:43,440 [cuff inflating] 33 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:45,920 Spin around. 34 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,480 So the last few times I've come and seen you, 35 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,680 your blood pressure's been trending downwards. 36 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,440 The values that I've measured are unsafe. 37 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:04,640 The safest thing to do is to extract you. 38 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,360 So is that it? 39 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:08,400 I'm out? 40 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,200 MEDIC: I'm afraid so, mate. 41 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:18,720 So when the doctors say it's time to go, how do you feel? 42 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:19,840 Are you in denial? 43 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,640 Are you in shock? 44 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,560 Had part of you been preparing for that? 45 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,000 I looked at him. 46 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:27,520 He's a good bloke, the doctor. 47 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,360 I looked at him and wanted to kill him. 48 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,000 It was really devastating to hear those words 49 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:33,280 because once they come out of his mouth, 50 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:34,560 they're never going to come back. 51 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,000 And I will say, it's been a difficult time, 52 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:38,760 to come to terms with that decision. 53 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:43,160 I can now see why they made that decision. 54 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:44,480 But there's overlays into it. 55 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:46,000 So I actually had COVID out there. 56 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:47,160 So I got it on day two. 57 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:48,560 I had it up to day seven. 58 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,720 Yes, but unlike Jimmy, they felt that you 59 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:51,720 didn't need to be extracted. 60 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:52,840 That's right. 61 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,360 Yes, so I didn't have complications, 62 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:55,840 and I greatly appreciate the fact they left me out there. 63 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,120 And then when it came to my cardiovascular observations, 64 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:00,880 COVID can affect those in the medium 65 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:02,400 and even long-term for some people. 66 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,680 So those factors-- I didn't know those particular factors 67 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:06,920 at the time. 68 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:08,400 And when I look at my results, I'm like, OK, 69 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,520 I get why you might have made that decision. 70 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:16,040 Have you heard of MacGyver, the '80s TV character who could 71 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:17,720 make anything out of anything? 72 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:19,760 He could make a box girder bridge out 73 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:21,360 of a Paddle Pop stick. 74 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,600 I think you are MacGyver. 75 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,120 You threw everything at everything. 76 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:27,600 You had traps. 77 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:28,640 You had rods. 78 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,000 You had a net. 79 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:31,480 How frustrating was that? 80 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:33,760 Did you think, how much more can I do? 81 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:34,640 Yeah. 82 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:35,800 Of course, it is frustrating. 83 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,160 And I came so close on so many things. 84 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,400 Just a little tiny bit of luck one side, 85 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,760 and I would have got a Paddy melon several times. 86 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:45,360 And with fishing, as well. 87 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,960 There's that shot of me losing an eel. 88 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,160 I don't know how slimy they are, but I know that they're 89 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,320 supposed to be very slimy. 90 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:53,960 [splashing] 91 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:56,520 Shit. 92 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:58,600 Nice little slice inside. 93 00:03:58,760 --> 00:03:59,560 Shit. 94 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:03,320 Fuck. 95 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:04,280 I lost it. 96 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:10,200 Do you see that eel in your dreams? 97 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:11,200 I do. 98 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:12,400 AMANDA: Wake up strangling him. 99 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:13,640 I had to cut the line. 100 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,240 And then as I tried to put both hands-- 101 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:17,800 I put the line in my mouth. 102 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:19,240 Put the hands on a stump that was right in front of me, just 103 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:20,400 to move around it. 104 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,080 And my foot just slipped out on the mud. 105 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,520 And I think as I swore, the line came out of my mouth. 106 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,280 So it's extremely frustrating. 107 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,000 But that is survival. 108 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:31,640 Luck is a huge factor. 109 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,040 It's what you do with the luck, that's all you can control. 110 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,360 You didn't think of maybe building a helicopter? 111 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:37,280 Oh, a helicopter. 112 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:38,040 That would have been nice. 113 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:39,360 Yeah. 114 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,520 But were there moments of despair, 115 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,600 where you just thought, I can't win a trick. 116 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,400 The luck's not going my way. 117 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:47,800 Yeah, lots of times. 118 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,400 It's probably 20 times that I thought that. 119 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,000 But once again, you just let yourself have that emotion. 120 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:54,880 And then you take a big breath, and you sit down, 121 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:56,000 and then you rethink. 122 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,120 And it's just a process that allows 123 00:04:58,280 --> 00:04:59,640 you to focus on the next task. 124 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,160 So this doesn't put you off adventuring? 125 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:02,160 No. 126 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,080 This makes me want to do more. 127 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:06,480 Adventuring is great. 128 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,520 You really appreciate life, and it's just rewarding. 129 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:10,960 When you look back at the beginning, man, 130 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:11,960 that was a cool thing. 131 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:15,040 I'm so glad I got to do that. 132 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:16,160 A warning. 133 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,160 If you're offended by bad language, 134 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,000 you may like to look away and block your ears right 135 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:22,080 about now. 136 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:23,480 PETER: Ah, [bleep]. 137 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:25,560 Can't even [bleep] walk here. 138 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,240 [bleep] 139 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:28,680 That [bleep] hurt. 140 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:32,640 My ax smacked me in the back of the [bleep] head. 141 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,000 Everything just keeps [bleep] me here. 142 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,200 Am I not supposed to [bleep] be here or something? 143 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,000 Why [bleep] come film me? 144 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,640 [bleep] 145 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,600 My wife [bleep] told me, keep your [bleep] organized. 146 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:46,920 Keep your [bleep] organized. 147 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:50,040 Got all my [bleep] warm clothes wet. 148 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,000 [extended bleep] 149 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:54,720 [laughter] 150 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,440 That was a very long beep, wasn't it? 151 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,040 That was a very long beep. 152 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,080 Just from the short time I've spent with you tonight, 153 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:04,400 you're charming. You're funny. 154 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:05,360 You're warm. 155 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:06,720 That's a side I'm not seeing. 156 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,200 Did your family recognize you in the footage 157 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,040 when they were watching the show? 158 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:12,400 Yeah, they did. 159 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,480 But when I'm by myself, I do tend to swear a lot. 160 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:16,880 When I'm around other people, I don't. 161 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:21,520 But that's exactly how I felt in that point in time. 162 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,800 So I'm not sorry for swearing. 163 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,080 So boot camp is where you go for a week 164 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:31,560 or so beforehand to learn the rules so we can make sure 165 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,040 that you know what you're doing, camera techniques, things 166 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:35,120 like that. 167 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:36,920 How did you find each other there? 168 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:38,480 I thought he was like Rambo, you know? 169 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:39,840 He's gun crazy, this fellow. 170 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,600 Yeah, he's just like-- he said, I'm a hunter. 171 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:42,440 I've got this gun. 172 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:43,360 I've got that gun. 173 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:44,480 I was like, far out, dude. 174 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:45,920 He goes, I'm pretty full on. 175 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:50,080 So I thought, I better stay friends with this fellow. 176 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,520 Yeah, and we're still friends. 177 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,680 And you made a comment about the 10 items 178 00:06:54,840 --> 00:06:56,000 that Pete was taking in. 179 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:57,280 Yeah. 180 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:58,320 Well, everyone was sort of speculating what 181 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:00,240 items each of us had chosen. 182 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:01,480 And I just said, look, Pete's items 183 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:06,080 will be a knife and 9 different marinades. 184 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,800 Marinate those worms. 185 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:10,680 Rob, one of the first things you did 186 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,640 when you got there was to say a beautiful Maori prayer. 187 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,200 It seems that everyone was moved by that. 188 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,120 How did that equip you, Rob? 189 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:54,560 Look, I just-- 190 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,160 it was just important that I did that, I think, just 191 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:57,480 as part of protocol, really. 192 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,160 It was a way of settling and grounding myself 193 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:01,640 when I was first dropped off there. 194 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,200 So we come from a blended Aboriginal and Maori family, 195 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:06,960 and language is very important to us 196 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,440 because when we use language, our ancestors, 197 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:10,640 our [maori] can hear us. 198 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:12,720 So that's called a Karakia. 199 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:14,160 It's, as you said, a prayer. 200 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,880 And it was a way of acknowledging the [maori],, 201 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,520 the ancestors of that place, and the [maori],, 202 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,960 the spirit of that land, and the [maori],, 203 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:24,120 the people of that land. 204 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,120 So the [maori] and the [maori] people. 205 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,760 And it's really a way of just showing respect 206 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,560 to say that I'm a visitor here to this place 207 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,640 and sort of stating that my intentions are good 208 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,200 and I mean no harm. 209 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,400 And you know, it's a way of just showing that respect so 210 00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:41,760 that the [maori] of t hat place, the ancestors of that place, 211 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,560 kind of give you guidance and protection while you're there. 212 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,880 So yeah, it's a way of opening space, 213 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,280 and also a way of closing off space as well. 214 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:51,920 You had a really good shelter. 215 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:53,520 You seemed in a really good place, 216 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:57,240 but the pull to come home was so strong. 217 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:58,640 It was, yeah. 218 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,200 I think it was strange, the way that kind of emotion 219 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,920 came over me because yeah, the first night, I was fine. 220 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,600 You know, I made fire out of material I'd never used before. 221 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:11,880 Built a good solid shelter, or at least, 222 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:13,600 you know, it was for the first night, 223 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:15,760 and managed to filter and boil water. 224 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:17,640 And I felt completely fine. 225 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,360 And then when I woke up the second day, 226 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,240 I had a really strong pull to go home. 227 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,960 And it's kind of-- 228 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:26,520 I guess what I've taken away from that 229 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:29,920 is that it's OK to say no when something's not right for you, 230 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:31,800 I guess. 231 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,840 I did-- I must admit, I carry a lot of shame with me. 232 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,400 I really hold-- to be the first one to tap out, 233 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:42,000 on the first-ever season, I'm number one at something, 234 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:43,080 I guess. 235 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,280 Just number one at the wrong end. 236 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,280 So Mom, Dad, I made it. 237 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,640 Number one. 238 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:51,840 So Peter, you gave us the impression 239 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,440 that there was no food there. 240 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,520 Did you think at one point the producers were trying 241 00:09:55,680 --> 00:09:56,640 to kill you? 242 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,840 So with what I do every day, I'm out on country. 243 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,720 I'm out on land every day, pretty much. 244 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,440 And I'm always hunting, stalking things. 245 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:08,840 It's what I do. 246 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,960 And just knowing what I know and being where I was, 247 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:16,200 I was not going to last long at all in that area. 248 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,160 And then stuff got wet. 249 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:20,640 No sign of animals. 250 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:25,440 And it was just really like, OK, have I been set up here 251 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:26,960 with where I've been put? 252 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:28,480 Did they drop me off in the right spot? 253 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:30,560 Like, it was really playing on my mind. 254 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:34,600 And then when my knee went out, I 255 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,280 knew that that was the sign to be just-- 256 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:39,880 just let's just get out of here. 257 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,440 You're not meant to be here. 258 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:43,760 I think it was you, Chris, that said it's like Noah's Ark. 259 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,640 All the food's been taken away. 260 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:46,840 Yeah. 261 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,640 Damn Noah, he didn't leave me any sign. 262 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:50,200 All that rain, and no food. 263 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:51,560 Yeah. 264 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:53,520 Anything left, I scared it away with yelling, so. 265 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:55,760 AMANDA: I was wondering about that. 266 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,560 Yeah, another strong takeaway from this 267 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,520 is the importance of listening to country when country is 268 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:04,080 telling you not to be there. 269 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,000 And the Palawa people that welcomed us to country down 270 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,920 there were quite clear that the mob would not be there 271 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,240 during that time of year. 272 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,560 And I think that's such an important message. 273 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:19,800 So in the short time that you're there on "Alone," or long time, 274 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,000 you're there long enough to have the resonance 275 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,360 to know when it's time to leave, that country's 276 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:26,880 telling you to go. 277 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:28,360 Absolutely. 278 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:34,600 Well, let's play a little game of show and tell. 279 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,080 I'm going to show you some of the choice tweets 280 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,120 that have flooded social media since the show began, and I 281 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:41,960 want you to tell me what on Earth 282 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:43,480 or who on Earth they're about. 283 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:44,160 Bring it. 284 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,000 Here's one. 285 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,720 Can't wait to drop dingo's breakfast in a convo this week. 286 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,440 Where did dingo's breakfast come from? 287 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:53,080 Rob. 288 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:54,400 Rob. 289 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:56,680 AMANDA: Describe again the dingo's breakfast? 290 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:58,360 It's a drink of water and a look around. 291 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:00,080 Is that the polite family version? 292 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:01,640 Yeah, well, you know, the old dingo, he's 293 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,120 got ribs sticking out, and he hasn't had much to eat. 294 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:06,480 So he just has a bit of a sip and a bit of a look around, 295 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:07,880 and then off he goes. 296 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:09,960 Yeah, so there's a few-- 297 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,440 a few of them come out looking like dingoes, I think. 298 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:15,880 Move over, shoey. 299 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:17,560 We now have the booty. 300 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,640 Now, who do you think that might be about? 301 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:21,760 What? 302 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:23,040 Yep. 303 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:24,560 Mike, having read social media before, 304 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:26,800 I thought booty might have been something very different. 305 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:28,560 Can you please explain? 306 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,960 Well, the old boot came in handy. 307 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:31,880 Water storage. 308 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:33,480 Many, many uses. 309 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:35,480 So to me, it was a no brainer to just use it as a water storage 310 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:36,320 device. 311 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:37,720 All right, here's one. 312 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:39,920 Never thought I'd hear "fish sperm" and "yum" used 313 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:41,760 in the same sentence, but I'm here for Gina 314 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,960 doing what she has to do to make it through. 315 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,960 You're going to get a call from MasterChef with that shortly. 316 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:49,480 You know, it's a delicacy. 317 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:51,760 It's an absolute delicacy. 318 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,200 And so you knew exactly-- you knew to look for it? 319 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:55,120 You knew what it was? 320 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:56,600 Yeah. 321 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:58,840 And also because the fish were in spawn, so you know, 322 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,080 if it was a female, it had roe, and they were amazing. 323 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:03,240 You know, think caviar. 324 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,480 And if it's a male, they generally 325 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:06,520 would have some sperm. 326 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:08,200 So that's life force. 327 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:11,000 And out there, starving, having something 328 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,840 that is basically concentrated life force is amazing. 329 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,000 What are you doing? 330 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:15,880 I'm gonna gag. 331 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:17,520 She's gonna gag. 332 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:19,400 Life force is a much nicer term, isn't it, 333 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:21,560 than fish sperm? 334 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,320 Here is a look at some never-before-seen footage 335 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,680 from "Alone, Australia." 336 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,680 We're not allowed to bring toilet paper. 337 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:34,240 And apparently, there's some stuff 338 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:38,680 that is quite gentle on the sphincter. 339 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:43,960 That could be it. 340 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:45,600 Oh, she's rough. 341 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:46,600 --sausage. 342 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:51,640 I don't need to poo yet. 343 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:57,720 But when I do, I'm not looking forward to that. 344 00:13:58,040 --> 00:13:59,520 Did you find some, Beck? 345 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:03,280 I kept that in. 346 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:04,440 [laughter] 347 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:06,640 You didn't do a poo the whole time? 348 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:10,040 I was only there a day. 349 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:11,480 OK, that's fascinating. 350 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,200 Let's also talk about drop shock. 351 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:15,920 This is something I've heard about. 352 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:17,200 How did it affect you? 353 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,560 As much as I respect the country and very 354 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:24,400 thankful to the Palawa people of Iutruwita, 355 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:30,360 it was a horrible, hideous place that I-- 356 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:33,760 and these guys are mad enough to have stayed for as long 357 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:35,400 as they did. 358 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:39,880 But yeah, definitely day two, that's when it got real for me. 359 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:41,880 Beck, you're a teacher. 360 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,200 How did you students enjoy your swearing? 361 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,280 I bet they loved it. 362 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,160 Yeah, they're cool with it. 363 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:50,720 I could really relate to you. 364 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:52,600 It's like me in the morning before I've had a cup of tea. 365 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:53,600 Can't find my keys. 366 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:54,560 Can't find anything. 367 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:56,480 My brain's not in my head. 368 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:58,520 I could really relate to what was going on here. 369 00:14:58,680 --> 00:14:59,480 Shoot. 370 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:01,960 Why the-- oh. 371 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:03,120 Fuck! 372 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:12,320 That cannot ever get lost. 373 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:16,640 So this is going in the bra. 374 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:20,840 No. 375 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:24,200 No. 376 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,560 OK, I ought to really get serious about this. 377 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:42,320 Yes! 378 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:47,880 I did it. 379 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:48,720 I did it. 380 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:49,560 I did it. 381 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:50,920 I did it. 382 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:51,880 Yay. 383 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:56,600 Jimmy, you had a very unusual experience. 384 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,160 It was just bad luck that you went in there with COVID. 385 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:00,840 You're probably the only person in Australia 386 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,040 who tests positive to COVID and gets taken out of isolation. 387 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:05,760 [laughter] 388 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:08,840 Such bad luck. 389 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,240 At what point did you think, this is just so 390 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,240 much harder on my body than I thought it would be. 391 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:14,720 You didn't know it was COVID. 392 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,680 Did you just think, oh, this is so hard to do this show? 393 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:18,520 Yeah it was-- 394 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:19,960 I was just so tired. 395 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:22,160 And I thought, it must just be so hard with this camera 396 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:23,800 equipment and lugging everything around. 397 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,520 But I didn't really know what everyone else was experiencing. 398 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,640 I just thought it must be really tough because there's 399 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:29,680 so much mud. 400 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:31,160 You're kind of walking through mud, 401 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:32,960 and you've got big camera packs and everything. 402 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:34,880 It was just-- it wasn't what I'm used to. 403 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:36,000 Yeah. 404 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,400 And how did you feel watching it? 405 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,280 Did you think, oh, I would have lasted till the end. 406 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:42,560 I'd have lasted till the end. 407 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:43,960 I mean how do you pit yourself against it? 408 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:45,760 Were you still competitive as a viewer? 409 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:46,720 Oh, yeah. 410 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:48,280 Well, actually, it's funny. 411 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,040 The last episode I was watching, I was by myself watching it. 412 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:52,480 And just for a brief moment, I thought, 413 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:53,680 man, I wish I was out there. 414 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,120 And then I realized I was on the show. 415 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,400 I keep forgetting I was even on the show. 416 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:03,880 Well, five down, five to go. 417 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:08,600 Duane, Chris, Kate, Michael, and Gina, with or without pants, 418 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:10,080 are up soon. 419 00:17:10,360 --> 00:17:13,520 But as I take a toilet break-- a luxuriously flushing toilet 420 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:15,440 break with paper, Beck-- here are 421 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,240 some of the exclusive unseen moments 422 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,280 that never made it to air, and I wonder why. 423 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,320 It smells like wet socks. 424 00:17:33,360 --> 00:17:35,440 Tastes like shit. 425 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:36,920 This is Rob. 426 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,120 I'm just calling in to say I'm officially tapping out. 427 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,400 I think they hung up on me. 428 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:46,840 [laughter] 429 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:47,960 Hello? 430 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,800 I've lost it again. 431 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,680 That's why they give you a second camera. 432 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:00,760 OK, camera, don't get lost. 433 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,720 If you were standing behind me right now, 434 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:09,160 you'd see my frickin' plumber's crack. 435 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,760 Oh, no. 436 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,840 No, I'm just joking. 437 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,040 Am I nervous? 438 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:18,520 Yeah. 439 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:19,480 Am I excited? 440 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:20,440 Yeah. 441 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,480 I can't wait to see what this future brings. 442 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:34,920 Hello, Duane. 443 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,760 You built a fabulous shelter. 444 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:39,200 You caught a fish. 445 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:41,080 You seemed to be in great frame of mind, 446 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:42,600 and then you tapped out. 447 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:43,720 Could you have gone longer? 448 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,640 Why did you tap out then? 449 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,160 Yeah, you're right. 450 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:53,320 I did test myself in the way of my physical capabilities 451 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:57,240 of staying out there, and I was quite confident in what 452 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,400 I built and created and could potentially have kept on going 453 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:05,080 and caught more fish and ate it raw, if I had to. 454 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:09,480 But I think I really underestimated the mental side 455 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:10,960 of the game. 456 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:15,360 When you're solely alone for so long, 457 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:17,600 your mind does start playing games on you. 458 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,080 And for me, it really did. 459 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:20,600 So that all came into play. 460 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:24,440 And I started thinking deeply about why I am here 461 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,040 and what I am missing most and what I needed. 462 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,920 And what that was was just to talk to somebody 463 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,640 and connect with somebody and experience it 464 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:34,240 with somebody else. 465 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,960 I then said to myself, OK, I know the next day is a new day. 466 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:39,280 Let's see what that brings. 467 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,120 And then the days got worse and worse for me. 468 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:46,840 And that's when I was like-- day 10, I'm like, I need people. 469 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,680 I'm tapping out. 470 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:52,120 Now, you have a very famous bottom now, Duane. 471 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,560 You're going to be recognized when you leave a room. 472 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,520 Wow, look, there's Duane. 473 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:57,840 You tapped out. 474 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,840 But before the boat arrived, you felt you 475 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,400 had something you needed to do. 476 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:12,600 Woo! 477 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:22,320 What did that mean to you? 478 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,920 The sole reason why I did that was because I was saying 479 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:30,000 goodbye to country and saying thank you for having me there. 480 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:31,760 When you got home, and you watched the show 481 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,320 with your kids, I know that it had quite an impact 482 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:35,240 on your son. 483 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:36,480 Yeah. 484 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:38,080 My son, he's such a little fan of the show. 485 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:42,120 And he's like, Dad, I want to do "Alone." 486 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:45,320 So I came up with the idea and said, yeah, let's do that. 487 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,720 So I gave him a list of, I think, 20 items, and said, 488 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,120 choose 10. 489 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,640 He chose his 10 items, and we went out and we did it. 490 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:53,800 AMANDA: So he wasn't alone? 491 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:54,960 DUANE: No, he wasn't alone. 492 00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:55,880 Oh, no, no. 493 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:57,680 I wouldn't do that to him. 494 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,200 AMANDA: Did he love it? 495 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:02,120 DUANE: He always-- yeah, he loves the outdoors so much. 496 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:03,800 And it's special times with him. 497 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:04,920 Yeah, definitely. 498 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:06,760 And I think that's what people need 499 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,440 to do more is to go out on country 500 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:13,800 and be together and experience such a beautiful time together, 501 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:15,240 like we did. 502 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:16,800 And how long did your son last before he tapped out? 503 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:18,160 Oh, here we go. 504 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:19,880 So I secretly checked the weather before we went, 505 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:21,640 and it wasn't supposed to rain. 506 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,680 But at 7:30 at night, a torrential rain. 507 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:29,640 And so at 8:30, he's like, Dad, I want to tap out. 508 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:30,680 AMANDA: Wonderful. - Yeah. 509 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:31,520 Love it. 510 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:32,480 Thanks, Duane. 511 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,160 Thank you. 512 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,400 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 513 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:38,840 No. 514 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:39,880 Yeah! 515 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:40,720 Yeah! 516 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:42,360 I've got a fish! 517 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:44,840 Yeah! 518 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:45,800 You're a beauty! 519 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,480 Just like gold. 520 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,360 Oh, I'm so happy. 521 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,280 Wow. 522 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:57,240 [laughs] 523 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,000 We got dinner! 524 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:02,640 I got a bloody fish. 525 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:04,920 You must have caught so many fish in your lifetime. 526 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,120 Did it occur to you that you weren't catching any other food 527 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,800 because you'd scared it away with your loud voice? 528 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:10,720 Yeah, it does now. 529 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,560 Yeah, absolutely. 530 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:15,480 You said that you're OK being alone. 531 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,040 You actually quite enjoyed being alone. 532 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,840 But for someone in your position with PTSD, 533 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,800 being alone with your thoughts wasn't always a good thing. 534 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:24,640 No, that's right. 535 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:26,000 I do love being alone. 536 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,480 And you know, very introverted a lot of the times. 537 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,560 But yeah, I feel, like Duane, I totally 538 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:35,320 underestimated the mental game of being alone. 539 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:40,000 And yeah, as people said before, we do need people around us. 540 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,600 It's OK to have these periods alone. 541 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,280 It's a reset and that, but it's good to be around people. 542 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,400 And how did you feel when you discovered that you'd 543 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,760 be competing against your own head? 544 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:51,080 Yeah, I think it was-- 545 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,080 I'm not sure what day, but after a few days, 546 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:58,360 I sort of realized that OK, this is not going to be super easy. 547 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,480 And then I think it didn't take long. 548 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,520 And I think what couples with that is the lack of food. 549 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,560 You start to sort of not be full of energy and bubbly and that. 550 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,800 So yeah, that definitely affected me a lot. 551 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:14,560 Can we go back to the day when you heard a chopper overhead, 552 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:19,360 and we saw firsthand what it's like for you 553 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:20,480 to have a panic attack? 554 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:21,520 Are you OK if we look at it again? 555 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:22,840 Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. 556 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,800 So we got that chopper flying over, 557 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:38,680 and I thought it was, like, super exciting. 558 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,200 And now I'm just getting mad PTSD triggers. 559 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:42,480 I don't know why. 560 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,840 I don't know if it's like-- 561 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,400 like someone's hurt, or like-- 562 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:51,360 fuck. 563 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,080 PTSD is fucking shit. 564 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:00,760 [crying quietly] 565 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,440 Just had a crazy panic attack. 566 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,560 Huge waves of emotion. 567 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:21,200 [helicopter blades whirring] 568 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:22,320 Fuck! 569 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:27,880 Jesus. 570 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:35,080 Well, that's what a fucking PTSD panic attack looks like, 571 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:36,400 if you ever want to see one. 572 00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:51,600 I feel like I can't breathe. 573 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:52,240 How are you? 574 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:53,080 Pretty intense. 575 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:54,360 Yeah. 576 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:55,400 AMANDA: Do you want to give yourself a hug? 577 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:56,640 No, it's all good. 578 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:57,360 Yeah. 579 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:58,760 Can we give you a hug? 580 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,200 Yeah, confronting, but also very educational for me, 581 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:04,040 and then hopefully a few others. 582 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:05,240 How educational for you? 583 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:06,640 What do you mean? 584 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,520 Yes, I don't know how many panic attacks I've had. 585 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:13,600 But I've never sort of seen myself like that. 586 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,560 And so I kind of tried to dissect it a bit 587 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,920 and see what I could do to maybe make-- 588 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,600 this is watching the show-- to maybe do things better 589 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,160 if I needed to or improve. 590 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,040 But yeah, I think I'm quite confident of the way I handle 591 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:28,520 it. 592 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:30,240 Being aware of what's happening and learning about it 593 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,600 and educating what a panic attack is. 594 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:36,440 And also a big thing is it's not just PTSD or veteran-related, 595 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:37,920 military-related. 596 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,320 So we're also talking about anyone that has any panic 597 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,800 attacks, they're all the same. 598 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:44,680 Good things have come from this, though, haven't they? 599 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:49,160 People have responded hugely to watching you go through that. 600 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:50,280 Yeah, it's been amazing. 601 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:51,840 There's been huge amounts of love 602 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,000 and quite a few messages of other people 603 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,840 that are in a similar position and struggling. 604 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,440 And they sort of have resonated with it and thank me for it. 605 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,400 You said that what you learned as well 606 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,680 was that you can't always face this alone-- 607 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,760 ironic, given the title of the show-- 608 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,920 that it's OK to reach out to people to help you. 609 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:13,760 Yeah, absolutely. 610 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:14,640 You just have to. 611 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:15,840 You can't do this by yourself. 612 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,200 I did it for many years. 613 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:20,520 And you know, it was only probably four years ago 614 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,280 that there's no way anyone would see that or film it. 615 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,280 And you guys are the first people 616 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:26,640 to ever see me have a panic attack. 617 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,520 No one's ever been there when I've had one, 618 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:29,680 except for you guys. 619 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:31,000 So yeah, get it out there. 620 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,800 Just be honest up front, and it's actually easier. 621 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,360 If you do it-- if you are feeling a bit off, 622 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,520 you can just tell people, rather than hide it. 623 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:38,880 And are you in an OK place now, 624 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:40,600 feeling all right mentally and strong? 625 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,560 Oh, I'm just day by day, just doing my thing. 626 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,880 Same as what you see on the show, just a little bit more 627 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:47,960 regulated. 628 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:49,520 But yeah, I'm always pretty happy. 629 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:50,880 So life's OK? 630 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:51,960 Yeah, life's played good. 631 00:26:52,120 --> 00:26:53,040 AMANDA: Great. 632 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:58,280 I spent 20 years in the military, 633 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,480 and I learned 10 times more watching Chris 634 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:01,680 through his honesty. 635 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:02,520 Jeez, man. 636 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,160 Ah, I knew I'd cry. 637 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,400 It's hard for me not to, you know? 638 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:11,240 Well, that leaves Kate. 639 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:12,560 All right, you lot better shush. 640 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,560 It's Kate's turn in the camping chair over here. 641 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,040 Welcome to the camp chair. 642 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:19,280 Thank you for having me. 643 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:20,640 22 days. 644 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,800 Did you have any idea that really, you came fourth? 645 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,560 Did you have any sense of the big picture? 646 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,120 Look, I did a bit of Instagram stalking when I got out 647 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,400 to assess the situation, so I had it pretty good that I was 648 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:33,680 fourth. Yeah. 649 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:34,920 Well, for the first couple of days, 650 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:36,520 no one caught anything except for Jimmy. 651 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:37,880 But I don't think COVID counts. 652 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:39,920 Sorry, Jimmy. 653 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:44,520 And then day three, you caught the first eel. 654 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:45,720 And wasn't it glorious? 655 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,360 Oh, yeah. 656 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,320 Yeah, baby. 657 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:50,960 It is. 658 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:53,600 It's an eel. 659 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,240 I'm going to dong it. 660 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:56,200 Dong it. 661 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:10,840 Gave it about 20 dongs to make sure I'd got it. 662 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,840 OK, I'm going to eat the eel. 663 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,320 I don't actually want to eat the eel, 664 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,840 but this is what we're doing. 665 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,880 We're eating eel. 666 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:22,160 I don't want to eat the eel. 667 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:27,760 [gags] 668 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,280 [retches] 669 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:32,880 It's like a cat with a fur ball. 670 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:33,800 Mind over matter. 671 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:34,640 Mind over matter. 672 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,800 Woo! 673 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:37,920 Yee-haw. 674 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,200 [laughs] Living the dream. 675 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:45,920 Mm. 676 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:46,960 Golly. 677 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:48,080 Bleh. 678 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,240 Oh, fuck, it's disgusting. 679 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,600 You made a decision after that that you were only going 680 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,120 to eat certain kinds of food. 681 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,280 I guess I knew for me, the battle was going 682 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:04,560 to be the mental game over the physical. 683 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,280 And I knew bashing an opossum skull probably 684 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,600 wasn't going to do much for my spirit, so yeah. 685 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,960 Did you think that that might limit your ability to win? 686 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:15,920 Not really. 687 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:17,520 I think the human body can-- 688 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,400 you can go for 60 days. 689 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,320 Not well, but you don't really need that much food. 690 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:26,440 There was lots of sausage, things to eat around there. 691 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:31,760 You didn't really need to be munching on wallabies and Paddy 692 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:33,240 melons. 693 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:34,600 As a botanist, did you just see it all as a giant salad 694 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:35,800 bowl? 695 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:37,160 What kind of foods did you see around you? 696 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:38,320 Yeah, there was a lot there. 697 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,320 It took a while to find some things. 698 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,040 I was hoping that it would be easier to find different plants 699 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:45,440 to eat and use. 700 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:49,240 But yeah, I really had to look hard to find them, 701 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,480 but I found a few. 702 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:52,840 So that was good. 703 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,080 What did you accomplish for yourself in that time? 704 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:56,000 So many things. 705 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:57,240 So many things. 706 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:58,560 I'm not sure if you guys experienced it, 707 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,960 but I think as, I guess, I got more hungry, 708 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:03,760 my brain just started to do some strange things. 709 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,720 Like, it was screaming at me some days, you're not safe. 710 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:07,560 You're not safe. 711 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,200 You're not safe. 712 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,920 And those thoughts, I'd have to say, hang on. 713 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:13,200 That's not actually accurate. 714 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:14,480 And I'd have to be like, I'm warm. 715 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:15,200 I'm dry. 716 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,560 I've got enough food. 717 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:18,360 That isn't real. 718 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,280 And I could silence that. 719 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:21,680 That was quite powerful. 720 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:23,640 That's a good tool to take into your everyday life. 721 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,120 Absolutely. 722 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,000 I basically made this plan to drag myself to that number 723 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:29,520 that I'd picked as 22. 724 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:34,760 And I put every ounce of my being to get to that number, 725 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,040 including looking at my six pairs of undies 726 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,240 and putting my special orange pair there. 727 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:40,400 That's day 22. 728 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:41,640 I get to wear them that day. And I-- 729 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:42,320 What a treat. 730 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:43,560 --back from there. 731 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,440 I know, it was like the smallest thing. 732 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,240 And this day, I get to pack my thermals into my backpack. 733 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,880 And it was just very small steps each day 734 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,480 to drag myself to that 22. 735 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:55,160 Thank you, Kate. 736 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:56,200 Thank you. 737 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:57,480 Well, can you believe it? 738 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,480 We have even more exclusive unseen footage. 739 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:02,880 [vocalizing] 740 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,360 Hey! 741 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:11,440 Hey! 742 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,480 All the Bible stories lead to him. 743 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,800 And it goes for about three times as long as that, 744 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:18,520 but I don't really remember the rest. 745 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:20,200 [laughter] 746 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:25,720 It made me think about what you all did in your downtime 747 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,160 because I know there were things to do during the day. 748 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,440 You had chores you had to do to stay alive. 749 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,960 But were there other bits that were just hideously boring? 750 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:34,760 How did you keep your brain active? 751 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:36,960 Yeah, I don't think I really got bored out there. 752 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,000 I really enjoyed the time. 753 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:40,360 I felt safe, which is great. 754 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,160 You lasted so long, and yet you ate nothing. 755 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,920 Yeah, there's a lot of sausage in there. 756 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:47,400 When I first heard you all talk about that, 757 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:48,680 I thought you was saying "sausage." 758 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:49,640 I thought, sausage soup. 759 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,000 How great? 760 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:52,000 Sausage rolls. 761 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:53,520 But sausage is that-- 762 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:54,280 Yeah, like sawing. 763 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:55,120 AMANDA: Yeah, the grass. 764 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:56,080 The grass. 765 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:57,160 So you ate that on its own. 766 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:58,480 Did you boil it up? 767 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,560 No, I ate it on its own for the first 20 days. 768 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:01,680 And then I thought-- 769 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:02,760 I wasn't sure if I was getting scurvy 770 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:04,120 or if my teeth were falling out. 771 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,200 I thought it was just too much chewing, I decided. 772 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,080 So I end up boiling it, and that made a lot-- and my teeth 773 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:10,560 started to feel stronger as time went by. 774 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:15,240 Now, your decision to move camp was the bravest 775 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,880 make-or-break moment, I think, of the season, 776 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:20,600 but it was pretty hard to watch. 777 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:22,200 Trip one, here we go. 778 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:26,160 Let's see how far we get. 779 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:32,400 Ow. 780 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,960 Got to repeat that trip two more times. 781 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,680 Oh, wow. 782 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:40,200 Have I done the right thing? 783 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:44,200 I'm exhausted. 784 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:45,160 I'm hungry. 785 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:46,280 I'm cold. 786 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,920 Good morning, family. 787 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:57,400 Look what we're up to. 788 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,080 One, two, three, four weeks. 789 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:01,760 [crying quietly] 790 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:05,720 [sobbing] 791 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,280 Five weeks, really, isn't it? 792 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:22,480 I miss you guys so much. 793 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,040 I'm doing well out here, really. 794 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,200 Each day, I just putter on and get through. 795 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,000 But I think of you guys. 796 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:35,440 You're on my heart. 797 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:42,200 I haven't cried before now, but I'm crying now. 798 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:48,160 Michael, did that break you? 799 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:49,560 Did the move break you? 800 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:50,800 It sure did, actually. 801 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:52,520 So you said it was a make-or-break situation. 802 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,480 It ended up being a break-or-break situation, 803 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,240 so I could either sit where I was and kind of starve out 804 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,800 over the next 10 days or so, or I give it a chance to move. 805 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:02,360 But I just couldn't. 806 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,000 All the energy that went into it, my body 807 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,280 just couldn't take the energy dropping out that quickly. 808 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:09,120 If you'd stayed in your original camp, 809 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,080 would you have lasted longer? 810 00:34:11,240 --> 00:34:12,640 I would have lasted longer. 811 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,280 I think I probably could have lasted about 10 or 14 days. 812 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,200 But I had a feeling that it wasn't going to be enough, 813 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:18,800 that just playing a starvation game, 814 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:22,040 surely someone out there has caught at least a fish, 815 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:23,520 which I hadn't. 816 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:26,080 What have you learned about yourself during that time? 817 00:34:26,240 --> 00:34:28,160 I learnt that I really don't need people, 818 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:30,600 but I do need my wife. 819 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:32,640 Well, we are here with Gina, the winner 820 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,000 of the very first "Alone, Australia." 821 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:36,800 Gina, what a thrill. 822 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:38,320 Thank you. 823 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,640 I think it was Rob said early on that the person who wins 824 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:44,040 is going to be the person that can fight nature the best. 825 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:46,040 And yet, that wasn't your game plan. 826 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:46,960 Never. 827 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,040 And here you were, day 67. 828 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:49,880 Yes. 829 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:50,960 You went with nature. 830 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:52,160 Yeah. 831 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:56,400 I'd go one further and say that I died, 832 00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:00,040 and I dissolved into the landscape 833 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,320 and was regrown as a part of it. 834 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:03,640 I know that sounds kind of hippie, 835 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,360 but as we saw when I danced around in the moss, 836 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:06,800 I do have my hippie moments. 837 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,200 But I really felt like that. 838 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:11,680 It's like I then became part of everything that 839 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:13,720 was out there and no more important 840 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:15,560 than any bird or creature. 841 00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:17,400 But like all of those things, there's 842 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,760 this interconnected web of life where everything 843 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,160 can get its needs met. 844 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:23,480 You went into it prepared physically. 845 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:27,720 You said you laid down a really rich layer of fat, 846 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:29,720 or what we call a Christmas lunch. 847 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:31,640 Let's have a look at your weight journey. 848 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:35,640 [groans] 849 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:37,280 [laughs] 850 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:46,480 I'm so fat I'm so fat, I can't stand up. 851 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:49,800 I have to-- I have to rock. 852 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:50,960 I have to rock. 853 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:52,640 Mind you, these boots don't help. 854 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:53,880 OK, one, two, three. 855 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,520 Oh, there we go. 856 00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:03,240 These pants were ridiculously too small for me 857 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,000 when I came in at 94 kilos. 858 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,320 Breathe in. 859 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:09,360 That's the first. 860 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,840 That's when I came here. 861 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:16,680 Now, no, it's not quite like that anymore. 862 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:20,240 I was feeling my body in the night and feeling how much fat 863 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:21,880 has come off it. 864 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:25,040 I want the fat that I have to last me two more months. 865 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:25,840 It won't. 866 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,160 There's no way. 867 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,680 It's shredding off me. 868 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,320 Playing with my belly, going, come on, be more. 869 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:34,800 For the first time in my life, I'm 870 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:39,320 like, I need more fat on my belly, instead of, oh, no. 871 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,440 I've got a fat belly. 872 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:45,400 I am never going to look at fat on a human the same way again. 873 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:50,960 It's a very interesting conversation, isn't it? 874 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:54,080 Because in society, we talk about limiting our calories, 875 00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:55,920 about not wanting to be fat. 876 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,120 And this is the different way of I need more fat. 877 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:00,520 I need to consume more calories. 878 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,600 It's such a refreshing conversation. 879 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:06,720 It was interesting because going in, I deliberately 880 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:08,800 put on 19 kilos. 881 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:13,200 And our society does not reflect favorably 882 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,200 on women who are built like a Sherman tank. 883 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:16,520 That's not the beauty ideal. 884 00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:21,160 So to deliberately kind of turn that on its head 885 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:25,840 and put on weight on purpose and then be hanging on to fat, what 886 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,120 I got to see was how fat is survival gold. 887 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:33,600 And living with that survival mentality for that 888 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,120 long has completely changed the way 889 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,320 I look at fat on my own body. 890 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,000 But really, I'm just celebrating that I 891 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:46,200 can have a body that is ready for the zombie apocalypse. 892 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:47,920 You'll be the first one eaten. 893 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,680 It was so wonderful to see the joy with which you woke up 894 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:55,080 every day, but you shared the hard times, too. 895 00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:57,200 And you know what I'm talking about in particular. 896 00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:58,840 Are you OK if we look at this again? 897 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,640 Absolutely, yeah. 898 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,880 A very hard night for you, Blaise's birthday. 899 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,200 This fire is your candle, little chicken. 900 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:18,200 It looks like I'm having a vigil tonight for you, 901 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:19,640 my little spark. 902 00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:24,160 My only cub. 903 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:35,480 When I was 38, I discovered I was pregnant. 904 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,480 And then four days later, I found out I had breast cancer. 905 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:43,240 I was told that I had to terminate the pregnancy, 906 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,320 or I'd die. 907 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,280 And I said no, I will not. 908 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:52,720 This wild wolf mama inside me just said, no. 909 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,520 And I just had this this clarity inside 910 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:59,240 of knowing what I needed to do. 911 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:03,160 Chemo babies are usually tiny. 912 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,600 When Blaise arrived, she was 4 and 1/2 kilos. 913 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:07,680 She was enormous. 914 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:13,200 Getting her here healthily and being in remission 915 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:17,920 taught me that I could trust that part of myself. 916 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:23,480 And then three years later, Blaise got cancer. 917 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:34,000 For any parent, the most terrifying thing to think ever 918 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,400 is that your child can die. 919 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:38,080 It's the biggest fear of a parent. 920 00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:40,480 It's like as long as they're breathing, you're afraid. 921 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:49,560 She spent nine days in the ICU, and then she died. 922 00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:51,240 [sobbing] 923 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,120 Little chicken, I miss you. 924 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,720 [sobbing] 925 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,200 How did people respond when that went to air? 926 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:24,920 I've had people coming up to me 927 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:26,280 and hugging me in the street. 928 00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:28,720 I've had people sharing their own stories of loss. 929 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:32,680 I've had so many bereaved parents that have reached out 930 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:34,120 to say thank you. 931 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:35,880 You know, thank you for showing what that looks like. 932 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,520 And I think it's really healing. 933 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:43,400 I think it's really beautiful to see, much like Chris 934 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:49,560 showing what a PTSD storm looks like and then teaching us 935 00:40:49,720 --> 00:40:52,480 that there is a beginning and there is an end to that, 936 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:57,520 and that a human can feel it and come all the way through. 937 00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:01,080 I think that by showing what a grief storm looks 938 00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:03,240 like and that there is a beginning 939 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:07,240 and that there is an end, and on the other side is gratitude, 940 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:11,000 it maybe opens the door for people to feel their own grief. 941 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:12,880 At least, I hope so. 942 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:18,000 You said also that it made you feel that after Blaise died, 943 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:19,400 that you didn't want to need anyone. 944 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:21,480 You could love them, but you don't want to need them. 945 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:24,560 But you found that you actually decided you did need people. 946 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:25,920 Yeah. 947 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:28,200 That was actually a really, really big one for me. 948 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:31,800 I have so many people in my communities. 949 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:33,800 I love so many people. 950 00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:38,480 I love with such a huge heart and am loved by so many people. 951 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:42,720 I feel so blessed with the connections that I have. 952 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:46,840 And yet there's been this part that I've just held back. 953 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:48,360 It's like, I will love you. 954 00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:50,920 I will love you, but I'm not going to need you because if I 955 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:54,320 need you, you might die. 956 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,400 And I can't do that again. 957 00:41:56,560 --> 00:42:00,120 And I hadn't realized that I'd kind of like 958 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,440 taken this little corner of my heart 959 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:04,800 and held it for myself as a backstop 960 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:09,360 until that moment when I started inquiring. 961 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:11,680 Like, why am I OK out here on my own? 962 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,040 And I started pulling on the magician's scarves. 963 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,000 And you never know what's going to be at the bottom of the hat, 964 00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:18,280 the magician's hat. 965 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,080 What was at the bottom of the magician's hat 966 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:21,280 was that realization. 967 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:22,320 It's like, oh. 968 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:23,160 I mean, of course. 969 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:24,760 It's like, duh. 970 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:29,120 But yeah, I've been holding myself away from needing people 971 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:33,480 as a protection from feeling that pain again. 972 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:37,760 People who watch this series know that the winner finds out 973 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:41,440 that they have won when a loved one sneaks up 974 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:43,400 behind them while you're talking to a member 975 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:44,600 of the medical team. 976 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:51,160 Your joyous expression is, as they say, 977 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:53,640 as Australian as a dingo's breakfast. 978 00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:55,400 Let's have a look. 979 00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:57,880 MEDIC: All right, so Gina, 67 days. 980 00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,520 67 days. 981 00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:04,160 Now that it's sunny, I'm good. 982 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:11,800 The last probably week to 10 days has been hard. 983 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:18,960 I love being here, but I have such a sense of gratitude 984 00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:20,920 for my family. 985 00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:22,600 And I just want to love them up. 986 00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:25,640 It's more that this place is giving me-- 987 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,840 no fucking way! 988 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:30,960 What the fuck? 989 00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:32,760 Holy-- oh, my God! 990 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:33,720 You did it. 991 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:37,120 Oh! 992 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:42,080 Are you-- you're here. 993 00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:43,600 Well done. 994 00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:45,040 [crying] 995 00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:47,000 You've won, Gina. 996 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:47,960 You've won. 997 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,320 Oh, my God. 998 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:56,960 I won. 999 00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:58,600 I don't believe it, actually. 1000 00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:00,200 I-- 1001 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:06,560 [screams] 1002 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:10,680 I'm crying again. 1003 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:12,800 But of course, it's Lee, Blaise's dad. 1004 00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:14,560 How do you feel seeing that again? 1005 00:44:14,720 --> 00:44:15,920 Oh, yeah. 1006 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:18,400 It brings up a lot, actually. 1007 00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:23,640 Part of it is, like, I was actually a bit peeved 1008 00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:25,680 because I wanted to get to 90 days. 1009 00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:28,880 And there was a part of me that was like, just leave me here. 1010 00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:29,880 I've got heaps of food. 1011 00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:31,320 I can keep going. 1012 00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:35,960 But there was also just the shock of having Lee there. 1013 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:37,720 And you see it a little bit, but I 1014 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:41,440 spent quite a bit of time doing this on his chest, going 1015 00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:42,560 are you-- are you real? 1016 00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:44,160 It was almost like he was a hologram. 1017 00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:46,840 I couldn't compute that he was in my world 1018 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,000 because I was so immersed in that world 1019 00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:52,160 that the idea that Lee could just suddenly be there, 1020 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:53,120 like a Jack in the Box. 1021 00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:54,480 Like, [pop] oh, there's Lee. 1022 00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:55,320 What? 1023 00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,160 It was anathema. 1024 00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:00,320 It was just this very strange experience. 1025 00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:03,960 And it took me a little while for 1026 00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:07,920 to drop into the, actually, no, he's here. 1027 00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:09,680 And that means I've won. 1028 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:12,920 And I think over that day, it just dropped in in layers 1029 00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:15,960 and layers and layers. 1030 00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:18,560 And what are you thinking of doing with the money? 1031 00:45:18,720 --> 00:45:19,720 Oh, you know what? 1032 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:21,080 I haven't even thought of it. 1033 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:23,960 Well, we've all got great ideas for you, I'm sure. 1034 00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:25,040 Well, look. 1035 00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:26,640 "Alone" stars, let's make a toast 1036 00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,440 to Gina, the very first winner of "Alone, Australia." 1037 00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:30,760 Here's to Gina. 1038 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:32,920 Raise up your camp cups, and Mike, 1039 00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:35,280 you can do a shoey for us all. 1040 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:35,920 Here's to Gina. 1041 00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:36,880 Hurray! 1042 00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:38,400 [cheering] 1043 00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,360 [laughing] 1044 00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:41,600 Woo hoo! 1045 00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:46,240 Thank you all.