03x05 - Australian Outback

[bunniefuu]

Ohh, it got to get upwind

of it.

It stinks.

Ohh.

[ Laughs ]

I see what it is that smells so

nasty.

Now, that's life and death in

the desert.

Stuff just dies and rots.

Now, that's pretty gross.

This water is disgusting.

This water's not going to do me

any good at all, not if I want

to actually drink it and live.

Australia.

It's the only nation to occupy

an entire continent.

It's the most flat and the

second driest place on the

planet.

And even though it has

rainforests, snow fields, and

lush garden ecosystems, it's

undeniably known best for its

deserts...

Also called "the Outback."

Sport aircraft flying has become

hugely popular all around the

world.

Small wonder.

It's fantastic up here.

You've got a bird's-eye view of

everything wild and natural --

mountains, valleys, forests, and

the deserts.

But each year, people get lost

down there, and they're forced

to survive amongst the wallabies

and the kangaroo.

That will be my challenge.

I'll fly this plane till it

runs out of gas, then make an

emergency landing on someplace

flat.

Then I'll have to survive

without food, very little water

or gear, no camera crew, alone

in the Australian Outback.

The Australian Outback has been

high on my list as a place of

challenge and mystique, and

flying my own ultralight is the

exciting way to get out into the

middle of it all.

Most anything can suffice as an

emergency airstrip when it's

needed -- highways, roads, even

sod farms or any flat strip of

land that looks free of debris.

There are a number of

out-of-service strips attached

to the parks out here.

They can be rough but not so

rough that I can't land on them.

First things first -- got to

get this thing tied down and

secured for the night.

The wind starts coming in.

You could ruin a plane that way

if you don't tie it down.

It's the simple little acts

like this that get you in the

most trouble.

All I'm doing right now is

coming in here to tie off the

plane.

The fact is that's when you

reach down into a hole somewhere

and there's a king brown snake

laying there ready to bite you.

All right, well, the plane's

nice and secure now.

I actually landed it on an old

air strip.

It's windy, and it's cool.

It's been dropping down to --

actually, it got down to 2

degrees celsius just the other

week here.

So it can get quite cold in the

desert, while at the same time

it can get up to 45 degrees in

the middle of the day.

I've got a hatchet, no food,

very little water, about a day

and a half worth of water, and

one paper match, and a small pot

to boil water in.

Oh, I've got the kangaroos, the

wallabies, the emus and the rest

of the Australian Outback.

Fortunately, there's also one

small piece of beef jerky still

left in my pocket.

There's no time like the present

to go into survival mode.

And this is a good little score

of wire here.

Get my multitool, cut some of

this off -- I'm sure I'll find a

use for the wire.

I always do.

This is how to have a good

survival mentality.

I try to never miss a chance to

better my situation by taking

advantage of whatever I can

scrounge and collect.

Well, the wind's still howling

out there.

And I'm just going to huddle in

here inside the plane and try

and get some sleep through the

night.

In the morning, I'll head out of

here.

I've got to make my way to

someplace that's got more water,

well, that has water, period.

Like my times in the kalahari

and the deserts of Arizona, it's

the dry wind that sucks the

moisture out of me more than

anything else, and it's

partnered with the surprising

temperature fluctuations.

Everyone always said how

hot it could get out in the

Australian Outback.

No one ever mentioned how

cold it can be.

It can get up to 47 degrees

celsius here, which is extremely

hot.

But it can get down to freezing

at night.

So I'm going to get out of this

plane and see if I can find a

better spot to survive.

Got to be a yoga instructor

just to get in and out of these

things.

I'm going to take this rope with

me because I know I can probably

make use of it out there.

The plane should be okay.

It's tied down on three sides

here.

It's windy, and it's cool.

And that means that it's a

good time to be hiking across

this land because when it

changes and it goes back to

being the Outback that we all

hear about, extremely hot and

dry, that's not going to be any

time to be traveling.

There's no water and no shade

where the plane is now.

So my only option is to head out

to what I hope are greener

pastures.

In the desert, most dead

bodies don't decay very fast.

In fact, they last a long time,

almost preserved, a constant

reminder that there is little to

support life out here.

I'll need to find water if I

expect to make it.

I'm finding a lot of bones as I

walk along.

Mostly kangaroo and the odd emu.

Huh.

This is a lot of Outback, and

it's probably only a pinhead

compared to what actually exists

out here.

It's a big area.

They have a lot of flies here.

Fortunately, they don't bite.

When you come from Canada, if

you come to some other place and

the flies don't bite, well, hey,

that's a bonus.

One of those places that's

ultimately quite beautiful and

at the same time quite desolate.

There's beauty in all nature,

that's for sure.

No matter how barren it might

seem.

Everything's dying here.

One thing about all these logs

and everything down here, it's

that they're a perfect place for

king brown snakes.

A king brown snake bites you,

you've got a couple hours to

live.

[ Ominous music plays ]

There's a section here with

some shade, and I think that I'm

going to stop hiking and call

this place my base camp for now.

I don't know if there's any

water, if I can dig for water or

find water.

I've got a bit left in my

canteen, so we'll see what I can

do here.

There's an eagle's nest on top

of one of these trees, and

that's a good sign, I think, a

good sign for me anyway.

Australia's home to the densest

population of poisonous

creatures on the entire planet.

But don't let that scare you

because in reality they're

spread out far and wide on a

very big continent.

On the other hand, you can

sometimes find a shocking amount

of poisonous spiders and snakes

all clustered into one small

territory.

These flies are going to be a

pain.

They don't bite, but they love

to go into the corners of your

eyes here -- you can see that --

up your nose, in your ears.

Oh, these guys are annoying.

The tree is very thorny.

It's the acacia Victoria tree.

This little find here is

fantastic.

There we go.

]] Aw, sweet!

The traditional cultures would

actually break these branches

and come back maybe even a year

later, and this gob of acacia

sap would be there from the

break, would be scarring over.

And it is pure sugar.

Mmm.

Maybe not pure sugar, but it's

got a lot of sugar.

Yep.

Oh, flies.

So it's going to stick to my

teeth, but this is a nice

little -- get out of my eye --

boost of sugar, courtesy of the

acacia tree.

Mmm.

That'll keep me going for a

while.

It's a good way to get someone

to shut up, too, because when

you chew down on it it locks

your jaw and your teeth won't

open up again.

So I'm going to stop talking for

a while here.

Mmm.

This is very small fare indeed,

but -- oh, yeah.

This is lemongrass.

It's not much, but there's

little clumps of it all around

here.

Mmm.

Really nice flavor.

And it will just help to keep

putting energy back into me that

the sun and the wind are pulling

out.

Coming out of the very dry and

very desolate-looking Outback,

there seems to be a number of

surprises that's can nourish the

body.

This is called tar vine.

Good salad green.

Edible...roots and all.

This is a lucky score.

A lot of the ticks around here

can make a human pretty sick.

So I'm going to stay more out

on the flat here, where it's

very unlikely that there will be

any ticks here.

This is not going to be a very

comfortable night for me.

I can see that coming, but I'll

do what I can because you've got

to get sleep.

You don't get any sleep, you

start getting a little

psychotic, actually.

Nobody wants to have a

psychotic episode out here now.

Every move out here that I make

to improve my situation and get

set up for survival has to be

well thought out, calculated,

and methodical.

Risking injury based on foolish

and frantic moves is a huge

mistake that in some cases can

have fatal consequences.

Well, it's fire time, and I've

only got one paper match.

There you go.

If I'm very, very careful, I

can split it right down the

center, turn it into two

matches.

See?

And get it down to the end here.

See, the tricky part at the end

'cause you want the match head

to actually split off.

Okay.

Here we go.

One match has now become two.

Whoa!

[ Laughs ]

Yes, indeed. It worked.

Look at that.

And that's all it took.

Just split the one match in two,

and instead of being left with

one match to survive, I have

two.

And I have fire.

There we go.

There's a lot of this around.

It's cattle dung and sheep's

dung, goat dung, and all of it

can go on the fire, and it will

finally help to get rid of these

flies.

Just like it does all around the

world, dry cattle dung works

real well to get rid of flies,

and I have no idea why.

It just does.

The aboriginals, or at least

some of them, believe that if

they put a rope around where

they're going to sleep at night

that snakes will not go over top

of the rope.

Now, they go over sticks,

they go over stones, so I don't

know.

And I haven't got a clue

whether it's actually true, but

I'll take any bit of help I can

get.

Saved the foam cushion from the

airplane, brought it along with

me.

Got a little bit of a pad.

Otherwise, I'm just laying right

in the dirt here.

Sun's already up.

I did get chilled a bit, but as

long as I kept the fire going, I

was fine through the night.

So I'm going to get moving now

before that sun and the heat

starts to kick in and see if I

can find myself a spot with

water.

Because that is what is

important now.

There are so many variables that

will play into a decision on

whether to stay put or go.

Certainly, no available water

makes the decision easy for me

this time.

But sometimes trying to figure

out whether or not I should move

on can be perplexing to the

point of great frustration.

And it's heartbreaking to make

the effort to move, only to find

myself in an even worse

location.

Almost empty.

In my case, I always have the

added challenge of filming my

travels as I walk along, alone.

Well, I've come to yet another

creek bed.

With any luck at all, this one

won't be as dry as the last one.

Nothing.

Dry, dry, dry.

[ Bird screeches ]

I hear you.

It's dry, dry, dry here.

You can just see a faint glimmer

of water down there.

So this creek bed goes for a

long ways dry as a bone, but

eventually, you go downhill

enough, you come to some water.

Now, whether or not it's

drinkable, that's another story.

Even though the water here

appears clean, I'm going to boil

it first and then let it cool so

I can at least feel safe

drinking water with no live

pathogens.

I think I even see something

down there I can eat.

See him down there?

]] Remember, all rope really

is is a bunch of fibers twisted

together.

Separate them and you get down

to one fiber.

A little tiny bit of beef

sausage there, beef jerky.

They're so hungry most of the

time, they'll clamp on to the

food, and you can literally

just pull them out of the water

and they won't let go.

Oh, he's got it.

He's got it.

Okay, all right.

He knows it's meat, and he's

holding on to it.

Okay.

Now, I don't know if I can do

this.

I've got to try to pull him up

gently, flip him up.

Okay.

Hold on to the meat.

Come on.

Got him!

[ Laughs ]

I got him.

I got him, I got him, I got him.

Yes.

Yeah, baby, that's awesome!

Look at that.

Isn't that beautiful?

I cannot wait to eat this guy.

Buddy, I'm nicknaming you

"dinner."

It's pretty amazing how even the

slightest of meals meant for an

empty stomach can lift the

spirit when you're trying to

survive.

Come on. Come on.

Yeah.

One match -- two fires.

That's the end of my matches.

But I've got a good fire going

now, so that's what's important.

This patch of green here is

called "watercress."

I'll get in here and gather

some.

I'm finding that there's a snake

den.

Oh, that's the stuff.

Got a peppery taste to it.

Mmm.

Ooh.

A little bit bitter, but really

good for me and a fantastic find

right here on the creek.

Okay, buddy, this is your last

moments of life, but I am going

to enjoy the energy you're going

to transfer into me.

There you go.

This is going to be sweet.

A little freshwater lobster.

Pull the legs off.

Snap the tail off.

That's fantastic.

Well, in Canada, we call them

"crayfish."

They call them "crawdaddies" in

the United States.

And here they call them

"yabbies."

Either way, tonight, we're

calling it "dinner."

Mmm!

Oh, my gosh, that's good.

Ooh.

Oh, yeah.

I'm catching more of those guys,

you can count on it.

There's lots of sign of feral

sheep.

Old sheep death here.

So, no surprise to find dead

carcasses here and there.

I always thought the pelvic

bone of most animals kind of

looked like a mask.

I should be okay here.

I'm underneath a very green,

very live tree.

There's a couple of dead ones

further up, but with any luck at

all I'll be okay.

A little bit chancy, but I just

do not feel like being out in

the sun, so I'll clear an area.

But this time I'm going to do

something a little different.

I'm going to heat up this ground

so by the time I sleep on it, it

will be nice and warm...

Kind of the opposite of what I

was doing at the other place --

trying to put all the burnable

stuff on my bed.

It may not seem like it's needed

in the desert, but nights can

get much cooler than you expect,

and this method will keep the

chill out of my bones.

Now, those guys would go nice

roasted over the fire.

There's about half a dozen emu

up there.

I'll go up there, but little

chance I'll get close to them.

Well, that's the way it is with

large game like an emu.

It would be wonderful to catch

one of those.

If I had a high-powered r*fle it

would be easy.

But just on foot, it's

impossible for a human to run

down an emu.

The best thing would be for me

to hope to come on an emu nest.

And even then, they're guarded

by the males.

Now, their front talons can just

rip a nasty gash into you.

They can k*ll people if they get

you in the right spot.

So you've got to be real careful

with emu.

The key to catching big game is

generally found in having some

serious hunting weapons -- a

r*fle, or at least a good

bow-and-arrow combination.

Catching big game by hand or

even traps is a pipe dream at

best.

And that can be really

disappointing if your

expectations for a successful

hunt are too high.

The last thing I have to do now

is simply go over, and now that

the ground's cooled down I'll

just put the greenery on top of

it, and that bit of foam that I

got out of the airplane, roll on

top, and I will be toasty warm

all night long.

It works really well when you

do it right.

You've just got to do it safely

because otherwise you burn

yourself.

I did melt the bottom of my

shoes.

]] The morning sun revealed to

me a surprise of roosting doves,

just waiting to become

breakfast, that is, as long as

my aim is good.

[ Birds squawking ]

Well, I went for a little walk,

and I may have found myself a

treat or two.

Remember this?

That's that wire that I found on

the ground on the first night.

You can see I've got it bent

over there.

I know it doesn't look like

much, but with any luck at all

there will be a treat inside

this little hole here.

You've got to move quick

because the treat that's in

there will start to move.

Oh, yeah!

This is called a "witchetty

grub," just a little one.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Nice peanuty taste.

Sweet deal.

A classic example of where you

can find a witchetty grub.

You can see the swelling in

the tree.

That should indicate that

there's a witchetty grub in

there.

Oh, I see him.

Cutting into the cavity that the

grub has created won't harm the

tree at all.

Eventually it scars over and

continues to live without issue.

Oh, my gosh!

Oh, yeah.

Sweet.

Look at that.

Look at the size of that guy.

I'm going to cook him up for

breakfast.

All right, so he's just going to

straighten out as he heats up,

gets all toasted for me.

This is going to be good.

Ooh, sizzling.

I think that's about all he

needs.

So -- oh, it's actually hot.

So, the first thing I want to do

is pop the head off.

Same thing at the back end.

I want to pull the bum because

with it comes all the poop and

stuff.

Wait for it.

Ooh!

Mmm.

Oh, this is going to give me

a lot of energy, believe it or

not.

This is not the kind of

creepy-crawly that conjures up

plate fright where you've got to

get it in your mouth and down

quick so you can get the

nutrients.

This is tasty.

Mmm.

Oh, man, that's good.

Well, I would definitely try

to find more damp areas further

downstream and see if I can get

myself some more of those

witchetty grubs.

If I could have three or four,

five of those a day, I'd be

actually surviving quite well.

They're full of nutrients.

Oh, that was good.

Yeah, that's better than eating

them raw.

[ Laughs ]

Yeah!

Sweet.

[ Laughs ]

Yeah!

The witchetty grub, which is the

larvae of the ghost moth, used

to attract hordes of aboriginal

peoples to come and dine on them

as a delicacy.

This is a new one -- I'm cooking

witchetty grubs over cow manure.

Mmm.

They can take up to two years to

grow inside the tree.

Mmm.

Oh, that's good.

While my luck is with me, I

figure I should go after some

more yabbies, too.

I see you.

It's coming right to you, big

fella.

Yeah, you see that hunk of meat?

Come on, buddy.

She's all yours.

Ooh, juicy jerky.

That's it.

Oh, well.

It's a little guy, but I'll take

him if he comes up.

Oh, two of them fighting for it.

Yeah!

Got him!

That's one.

Yeah!

Only this time they're not

scorpions.

Yes, indeed!

[ Laughs ]

That ought to do it.

This is what I'm about to

enjoy.

Mmm.

Look at that.

Ooh.

Man, is that good.

So this is a good feast.

I've had witchetty grub, and I

can still find more of them, I

hope.

I'm going to head further

downstream to find a wetter area

so I can really load up on a

whole mass of witchetty grub if

possible because they will keep

me going a long time.

The yabbies are fantastic.

So I've got a good feast tonight

on yabbies.

And what I might do is build

a trap and see if I can have

some more yabbies caught that I

can actually take with me

tomorrow.

]] And my bait is going to be

leftovers from the yabbies.

With the trap left in the water,

I can let it work for me.

And with luck, it will be

productive enough to get me a

meal.

[ Harmonica plays ]

That was some feast, let me tell

you.

Day full of grubs, witchetty

grubs, and yabbies.

Feels good.

[ Harmonica plays ]

Oh, nothing.

Sacrificed my entire sleeve off

my shirt for a trap and got

nothing.

Well, one thing's for sure --

I'm going to travel today.

I don't have any more matches.

So I'm going to have to get a

fire going somehow at the other

end.

Now, instead of doing sort of a

traditional fire bundle, I might

as well make use of the tin can,

and some cow dung.

Essentially, any of the dung

that comes from grass-eating

animals, ungulates, hoofed

animals, it's essentially just

packed-down grass.

So then it's left to dry and

harden and you have the perfect

fire bundle.

So I'm going to get this big

Patty just smoldering, and then

I'll be able to carry it with me

to my next location.

Now, the problem is that right

now it's super, super windy.

And that can blow sparks and

blow things, and you can start a

brushfire that way.

So I've got to be really

careful.

There we go.

That's all I need.

Get this cow dung smoking like

this.

And I've got myself a modern

twist on a fire bundle.

It's smoking well.

Hopefully, it will last the

trip.

Amazingly, I've found only four

grubs in an area a few hundred

yards long.

There are plenty of yabbies

here, but I figure they'll be in

every stream in the area.

So I've decided to move on to

better grub-hunting ground.

This time, my decision to move

may not serve me well at all.

The wind is really blowing

strong now.

Pot's still smoking fine,

though.

That's good.

I've walked for many miles now,

way too far to turn back.

So I'll have to survive with

whatever I find here.

This is a dry place.

I can't walk any farther.

It looks like I've come to a

spot with some water down there.

Doesn't really look like it's

flowing as much as the last

place, but it's water.

Got to come back to this camera.

This area looks like it could be

an excellent area for a lot of

king brown snakes to live.

So I want to get up and out of

their way, and I think on these

rocks up here with this nice

little sleeping platform is

perfect.

I can have a fire here, heat

reflected up from the rocks, and

hopefully be free and clear from

the snakes.

Of course, there's skeletons up

here.

So things have died up here.

That's for sure.

Smoking cow dung has worked like

a charm to carry my fire to this

new location.

Couple hours of daylight left.

We'll see what happens tomorrow.

Oh, that was quick.

Like so many places on the

planet the aboriginals have told

their stories of survival by

painting on rock.

Day 5 -- getting tired.

So anything you can do to keep

your mind occupied, it's really

important.

Even if that means drawing

pictures on a rock.

The Outback has a lot of moods

to it, a lot of colors, a lot of

different scenes, all of them

worth seeing.

You just don't want to have to

survive out here, that's all.

So bring water.

Ahh.

There we go.

That's good water.

I brought it from the other

location.

The water here is terrible.

Looks like just a cesspool.

I'm going to have to dig for

water for sure.

And I'm going to have to try to

find some food.

There's a lot of heat actually

down in this valley.

I would have thought there would

be more up top.

But I think it's coming off of

the rocks, the heat of the day.

And keeping it warm down here --

I don't even need a jacket on at

the moment.

So I'm just going to curl up by

the fire here.

And tomorrow see what I can do

about finding some food, but

especially finding some good,

clean water.

I'm going to have to dig for it,

I'm sure.

[ Birds chirping ]

The birds are noisy tonight.

Keep my eye out for snakes

tonight, that's for sure.

]] The sun's coming up.

The sun's coming up early, which

means it's going to be hot soon.

So I'm going to get moving now

and spend a couple hours this

morning seeing what I can find.

I'll worry about digging for

water a little later on.

But I'm going to go up and

down the valley here, see if I

can find something I can eat,

have a look around, see what

I've got to work with.

It wasn't too bad last night.

It was actually really warm all

night long.

The good news is it got really

windy.

Hopefully, it will stay that

way.

That will help to keep the flies

down and help to keep it from

being scorching hot.

But if it does, it's going to be

a hot day.

So I'd better get moving now.

I smell something nasty, though.

I'm just going up and out of the

valley first.

Get a bit of a bird's-eye view.

Ohh.

I see what it is that smells so

nasty.

I'm gonna show you.

Now, that's life and death in

the desert.

Sheep around here, some are

ranched, and some are just

feral.

Same with the goats.

And their carcasses or

skeletons, along with kangaroo

skeletons, end up everywhere.

Stuff just dies and rots.

The foxes move in.

Ohh, that stinks.

Now, that's pretty gross.

Dead animals in the water.

Animal feces and no doubt

tons of animal urine all around

it and in it.

So this water's not going to

do me any good at all.

Not if I want to actually drink

it and live.

This would be one of those times

where I'd look at the water and

say, "you know what?

I'm opting for dehydration at

the moment because I don't want

to drink out of here."

Nasty and gnarly.

Well, I've still got another day

to go here.

I've got to find some better

water. Because I'm pretty

parched at the moment.

When there's this much water

around and I can see that there

is underground Springs feeding

it, then there's no reason not

to dig for water.

The reality is if I drink this

water, I could make myself

horribly sick.

So...

I'm going to dig.

Here I'm getting down to the

gravel now, which is better.

That's the only method that I

like to go with if I'm in a

situation like this where

there's lots of water around but

it's skunky, it's filthy, a lot

of animal feces and urine

everywhere.

Clear that away from the top,

dig down a hole, let the water

seep in, let it settle and

clear, and at least it is the

best of whatever water I can get

in this area.

And then take that and boil it,

and I should be okay.

You know, what people don't

realize about things like

cryptosporidium or giardia,

other pathogens and diseases you

can get from bad water, is that

you don't have to drink it to

get it.

You can just splash it in your

eyes, get a little on your lips

or ears from washing and you can

become infected.

So you got to be real careful.

This whole location here, this

is a good find.

There's a lot of water around

it.

It's a terrible place as far as

king brown snakes go because

there's a lot of hiding spots

for them with all that wash-up.

You can see too how high up the

flash floods come.

At some spots they're 10 feet

high, way above my head here.

But with all the water and all

this fresh young gum trees

there, it's a good spot to go on

a witchetty grub hunt.

Yet another dead animal.

Looks like a little -- I guess

it's hard to tell with the decay

but I think it's a baby

kangaroo.

There's another one.

Oh, my goodness.

Must have been quite a

massive flood that came through,

catch them all off guard like

that.

I'm going to leave the big

camera here and head in, work

around those trees, see if I can

find some grubs.

This is such an active area with

so much wildlife here, I'd be

surprised if there wasn't a few

king brown snakes around.

The other problem is it's

October, and October is when

they come out of hibernation and

they are their most aggressive.

So I've got to be careful.

But I need some food.

Nothing.

When I was asked what I wanted

to do when I grew up, I'm not

sure my answer would have been,

"oh, I don't know, go around the

Australian Outback seeing if I

can find grubs inside trees that

I can eat."

Of course, then again, maybe

that's exactly what I would have

said.

Oh, boy.

I thought this place would

have yielded a whole bunch of

grubs.

I'm not seeing any.

Here's a clear example of a grub

that's been and gone.

Easy to see the saw dust.

Look up.

And there's the hole.

He's already gone, and there's

probably a redback spider in

that hole.

Well, that's really

disappointing.

That means no food today.

Well, since I'm not having any

luck at all finding grubs in

that patch of gum trees -- and I

really thought I would find a

whole bunch of them because it

was all young grub trees and

that's where they like to be--

there's something up here that

will help a little bit anyway.

This is -- well, actually, the

only name that I know it by is

its nickname, which is the

"vicks vaporub tree."

Not very romantic, but really

nice, helpful tea that will help

bring me some energy on this day

that I struck out trying to get

a lot of grubs.

I've made a classic mistake.

I thought the grass would be

greener on the other side.

And now I'm in a place that just

reeks of death.

The grub hunting is lousy.

The water's bad.

There's no shade.

The flies are worse.

And there aren't any yabbies

at all here to eat.

All the indications should have

screamed out at me to stay put

at the last location.

This is a common problem for

lost victims.

Getting antsy and moving on when

staying put would have been a

better plan.

All right, well, at least I'm

having some hot tea tonight.

That's a bonus.

Mostly today, though, was just

spent walking up and down this

valley trying to avoid the sun,

looking for more wild edibles.

Oh, my gosh.

I didn't even see it.

There's a sheep sleeping right

out in front of me.

I'm not kidding.

I'm up here making noise, and

I didn't even know he was there.

Wow, talk about your edibles.

If I had a bow and arrow or a

spear or a g*n, he'd be mine.

But I bet you I could walk right

up to him and club him.

But I'm not going to do that

now, am I?

Baaa!

[ Sheep bleats ]

It's all right.

[ Clicking ]

I would almost guarantee that

sheep is probably the mate of

the dead one I found up there.

I probably could have snuck

up behind him and clubbed him,

but...

Better to let him go.

Would have been a good meal,

though, lamb chops.

Mmm.

The feral sheeps and goats that

run wild out here would make

great survival food.

They'd also be much easier to

catch than kangaroos or emus.

But either way, what's needed

is a good r*fle to make even an

attempt at hunting them

worthwhile.

The sun is just peeking over the

horizon.

And it actually got pretty cold

last night.

Kept the fire going well, but it

definitely got cold.

And I was kind of curled up

around it for most of the night.

Well, with some good fortune and

some good technology, hopefully

my safety team will be here

soon, with the sun on the rise,

to pick me up.

All they have to do is check

that GPS coordinate.

It should land them right here,

and I can go home.

Seven days in the Australian

Outback.

I've used an emergency GPS

satellite device to link my

location via a tracking signal

every 10 minutes onto a

web-based map system that my

rescue team can log on to back

in civilization.

It's ingenious, and it enables

my rescue team to pinpoint with

great accuracy my location and

come and get me.

They'll check my position

online, and they can find me

wherever I stand.