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Post by spinifex on Jul 30, 2021 17:23:42 GMT 10
Well ... I have to eat my earlier words.
The half dug-in shelter built by one contestant in season 8 seems to have held up ok without being subject to a lot of moisture incursion. I was sure it would end up getting wet inside with seepage water.
Perhaps saved from a soggy interior by a fast transition directly to snowfall without much rain?
Pity series 8 wont still be going when the thaw comes.
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Post by spatial on Feb 21, 2022 21:48:52 GMT 10
Who is up for Australian Alone, now casting with big money to win. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/feb/21/could-you-survive-in-the-bush-australian-version-of-alone-coming-in-2023Could you survive in the bush? Australian version of Alone coming in 2023 SBS casting for local edition of hit reality show in which isolated contestants film themselves as they try to survive in remote locations Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcast Contestants on the American version of Alone SBS is looking for people with advanced survival skills and from a range of cultural backgrounds to take part in the Australian version of reality TV show Alone. Photograph: SBS Sian Cain @siancain Mon 21 Feb 2022 09.00 AEDT Australian campers, survivalists and reality TV fans are all in for a treat, with SBS announcing the launch of an Australian version of Alone, the international hit that sees contestants compete to survive the longest in remote locations. SBS announced the new show on Monday as part of their 2022 programming slate. The show will follow the format of the American original, in which 10 people spread out over challenging terrain, taking only 10 items with them from an approved list. Contestants are left to film themselves and are never told how many others are still in the game, until one person remains. Casting for the first season opens on Monday, with a TV advertisement asking: “Do you have what it takes to protect yourself, feed yourself and stay alive in total isolation? Can you survive in the Australian wilderness alone?” |
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Post by frostbite on Feb 22, 2022 19:53:05 GMT 10
My money is on Ucles. A walk in the park for him.
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Post by iceage on Feb 22, 2022 20:55:36 GMT 10
I would give it my best shot. I dont like my chances in the aussie desert though.
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Post by Beno on Feb 23, 2022 3:20:36 GMT 10
I think it will end up a flop unless they can get around certain legislation that prevents eating certain animals and using certain techniques to capture them. We are more pu$$yfied than we’d care to admit.
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Post by norseman on Feb 23, 2022 4:06:59 GMT 10
I think it will end up a flop unless they can get around certain legislation that prevents eating certain animals and using certain techniques to capture them. We are more pu$$yfied than we’d care to admit. Opportunities for hunting and food procurement will be seriously limited by our laws! It will need to be in a coastal setting where they can fish etc. |
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Post by spatial on Feb 23, 2022 4:42:46 GMT 10
I think it will end up a flop unless they can get around certain legislation that prevents eating certain animals and using certain techniques to capture them. We are more pu$$yfied than we’d care to admit. It should be done In very south. I looks like the producers are very first nations indigenous persons woke. So most likely desert, There is more food in the dessert than anywhere else in Australia. I have seen the Danish and US version, will have to look up the Swiss and other they mention |
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Post by frostbite on Feb 23, 2022 5:10:13 GMT 10
Just get all the contestants to wear a puppy onesie and identify as a dingo. Then they can hunt whatever they want and the Gen Z audience will love it.
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Post by tactile on Feb 23, 2022 8:32:49 GMT 10
All I need now is a telly.
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Post by bug on Feb 23, 2022 9:45:35 GMT 10
I think it will end up a flop unless they can get around certain legislation that prevents eating certain animals and using certain techniques to capture them. We are more pu$$yfied than we’d care to admit. Yup. One of the first seasons of this kind of show was a team one. A couple of the contestants refused to kill or eat a wild pig that was caught. They ended up leaving part of it to rot in a water container. 'Reality' TV, yeah, right. |
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Post by bug on Feb 23, 2022 9:48:02 GMT 10
All I need now is a telly. You aren't missing out. We pretty much stopped watching it about 18 months ago. That was when the media went from being critical and investigative of our governments, to being their media outlet. Just like China's CGTN. Out TV is now hooked up to our PC and plays videos. Haven't watched a full TV news service for a long time now and don't intend to go back. |
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Post by frostbite on Feb 23, 2022 11:27:24 GMT 10
The only programs on my tv are Vietnamese or gun porn. Every channel, every day. Mrs can't work out what's happened to all the other channels. I told her they went to a different digital format our tv can't read
If she ever discovers it's Chrome linked to my tablet I'm in deep do-do.
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Post by iceage on Feb 23, 2022 21:49:28 GMT 10
I think it will end up a flop unless they can get around certain legislation that prevents eating certain animals and using certain techniques to capture them. We are more pu$$yfied than we’d care to admit. It should be done In very south. I looks like the producers are very first nations indigenous persons woke. So most likely desert, There is more food in the dessert than anywhere else in Australia. I have seen the Danish and US version, will have to look up the Swiss and other they mention I dont know much about our dessert, but what sort of food is abundant there? |
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Post by Beno on Feb 24, 2022 6:11:19 GMT 10
It should be done In very south. I looks like the producers are very first nations indigenous persons woke. So most likely desert, There is more food in the dessert than anywhere else in Australia. I have seen the Danish and US version, will have to look up the Swiss and other they mention I dont know much about our dessert, but what sort of food is abundant there? Meat. You’d go on a paleo diet as mixed grills would be the main part of what you eat. I used to catch goats by hand for sharts and giggles. The desert is awesome, you can see too the horizon in many places and can pick out game from kilometres away. |
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Post by frostbite on Feb 24, 2022 7:35:54 GMT 10
Plenty of camels in the desert. You can eat most parts.
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Post by iceage on Feb 24, 2022 19:17:34 GMT 10
I dont know much about our dessert, but what sort of food is abundant there? Meat. You’d go on a paleo diet as mixed grills would be the main part of what you eat. I used to catch goats by hand for sharts and giggles. The desert is awesome, you can see too the horizon in many places and can pick out game from kilometres away. I didnt know that, thought it was pretty much inhospitable in most parts. Ive never ventured that far into the interior, longreach is about it, not quite dessert there but pretty dry country. |
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Post by Beno on Feb 24, 2022 20:15:41 GMT 10
It is hard going but can be done. Check out some of malcolm douglas documentaries. He was a bit of a dude and spent a lot of time in the bush.
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Post by tactile on Feb 24, 2022 20:39:46 GMT 10
All I need now is a telly. You aren't missing out. I know...that's why I got rid of it.
I find the commercial stations unwatchable...even if there is something on of value, the incessant ads drive me bonkers! Sometimes there is something of value on ABC or SBS, I just use their app on my Ipad and watch at my leisure.
If I need up to date Australian news I can get News Radio on DAB or AM...But I'm finding their stuff (ABC) less reliable lately so I have online sources...
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Post by ausprep130 on Mar 22, 2022 21:07:44 GMT 10
Well ... I got a message from the producers of Alone Australia ... need to finish my application by friday ... got some videos to make ... then fingers crossed I tick some demographic boxes for them!! Best of luck with your application. Did they offer any hint as to where it will be? My guess in on aboriginal land as I suspect that is the only way the can get a special permit to hunt native animals. I doubt they will get a special permit on crown land. |
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Post by spatial on Mar 23, 2022 2:23:23 GMT 10
Well ... I got a message from the producers of Alone Australia ... need to finish my application by friday ... got some videos to make ... then fingers crossed I tick some demographic boxes for them!! Good job, may the gods be kind.. June/July this year is too soon have too many other things on the go, demographics would be a problem for me. Would be interesting to see the equipment list. Danish Alone person gets the same issued equipment. |
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