Alone Australia Season 3 premieres in late March on SBS.
Dropped into the unpredictable and unforgiving wilds of the West Coast Ranges of Tasmania (Lutruwita), ten new survivalists will push themselves to the restrict, alone, completely remoted and with zero contact from the surface world.
Battling the weather, they’re compelled to adapt to the wild will of nature, all within the hopes of being the final one standing and profitable a life-changing prize of $250,000.
This can be a season of firsts. 5 ladies set a milestone as the primary to convey equal gender illustration to the forged. One participant turns into the primary to seize the title of the oldest participant within the sequence’ historical past. Anticipate first-of-a type searching, fishing and trapping expertise, and watch shelter builds and bushcraft be redefined to outstanding new extremes. Witness dramatic wildlife encounters and brace for fully unchartered, perilous hazards.
BEN, 38 English Instructor, SA
Hailing from a small city in South Australia, this country-born English trainer and bush poet has a knack for phrases—and a dedication to weekend bush expertise apply that borders on obsession. A Christian, devoted husband, and proud father of three (together with a set of twins), Ben juggles household life, educating, and neighborhood involvement with massive vitality and admirable enthusiasm. A former A-Grade SANFL footballer, with 227 video games below his belt, Ben continues to be concerned along with his native staff. His athletic physique and aggressive mindset give him the stamina, power, and resilience wanted to deal with any problem and he’s relying on them, in addition to his religion, for a aggressive edge going into this expertise. Nicely-versed in his native bushlands, Ben is practiced in each stay and deadfall trapping methods and has intensive expertise foraging for native vegetation akin to saltbush, wild lettuce, prickly pear, and quandong. For Ben, the Alone problem represents the last word outside expertise—a real check of his expertise and endurance. Whereas the kudos of a win serves nearly as good incentive, his deeper motivation is evident; a win isn’t just for him, however for the larger good of his household. The large query: Will the abilities he developed in South Australia’s drier outback show efficient within the chilly, moist forests of Tasmania’s West Coast Ranges? “I’m simply as comfy quoting Shakespeare as I’m gutting a rabbit.”
CEILIDH, 34 Incapacity Providers Officer, QLD
Ceilidh is a fearless adventurer who by no means lets obstacles stand in the way in which of what she’s decided to realize—and Alone isn’t any exception. Although she at the moment leads a suburban life as a Incapacity Providers Officer residing on the Sunshine Coast, she escapes to the wild each time doable, indulging her ardour for fishing and foraging. Deaf since start, Ceilidh has all the time discovered her deepest connection to the world by nature— a bond first nurtured by her father, who launched her to the outside and took her fishing as early as three years previous. He taught her easy methods to bait a hook, catch fish, whittle instruments and craft spears; expertise that formed her confidence as a baby and fuelled a lifelong love of constructing and bushcraft into maturity.
A licensed carpenter, constructing designer and a nationwide BMX champion, Ceilidh provides woodworking expertise, bodily power, emotional resilience and grit to her survival toolbox. While searching and trapping should not her forte, she is assured in her skill to maintain herself by fishing and foraging. Going through Alone comes with distinctive challenges, however Ceilidh is prepared. She hopes to encourage younger youngsters, particularly women, within the Deaf neighborhood to get out into nature. And if she wins? She and her spouse and their canine Patty should buy the home of their desires in Tasmania – the state through which they had been married! The large questions: Will her lean construct work towards her? Will the isolation turn out to be an excessive amount of to bear? “If there’s water, there’s life; put me close to a physique of water and I’ll discover you one thing in it.”
CORINNE, 38 Meals Security Guide, TAS
An solely youngster, raised within the rural highlands of Scotland, now an grownup residing alone on 10 acres of suburban bushland within the south of Tasmania, Corinne shouldn’t be one to be intimidated by the chilly, the moist or the isolation! With a deep ardour for bushcraft, she thrives on play with pure supplies, crafting utensils, baskets, and traps, however foraging is her true survival forte. It was her fascination with foraging that led her to begin and develop a profitable bushfood enterprise, which she not too long ago bought to repay her house and concentrate on her dream of off-grid residing. Self-taught and fiercely self-reliant, Corinne is a real do-it-yourselfer. She will butcher a carcass and tan a disguise, however there’s one problem she has but to face: taking an animal’s life. Regardless of her success with catch-and-release, having repeatedly, efficiently trapped many possums, the ultimate step—ending a life—stays her biggest problem. It’s the last word check she should go if she is to obtain sufficient protein to go the gap. Presently residing alongside chickens and two goats, Corinne can also be working towards bringing her aged father from Scotland to stay nearer to her. This Alone expertise marks what she hopes will likely be her closing solo journey. If she wins, the prize cash will convey her one step nearer to realising her final dream—turning into a mom and beginning a household. The large questions: Can she take an animal’s life in an effort to survive? Will she wrestle with boredom? “I feel I’ll do okay. I’m stoic, cussed and have a little bit little bit of that masochism that goes a great distance in a survival scenario.”
EVA, 31 Rewilding Facilitator, NSW
House for Eva is a country, off-grid cabin within the hinterlands of NSW, the place she lives together with her associate. It’s right here the place she thrives on sharing her ardour for all issues wild and igniting journey and pleasure in others by her personal outside schooling faculty. Eva’s deep reference to nature got here later in life. Formed by metropolis and celebration tradition in her youth, she found the pure world as a younger grownup. This revelation fully shifted her path; she left her former life behind to embrace the wilderness, which now defines each her way of life and work. As a rewilding facilitator, Eva leads workshops to assist others reconnect with nature. For the previous six years, she’s lived largely outside, immersing herself in bushcraft, constructing tasks, and tanning animal skins for clothes and homewares. Her self-sufficient way of life is tightly woven together with her local people of like-minded people, residing nearly solely off the land. She forages for wild greens day by day and feeds on cicadas, witchetty grubs, moths, and ants. Eva recurrently eats wild meat, together with deer and kangaroo, and is expert in processing and utilizing each a part of an animal. Regardless of her consolation with searching, she’s by no means needed to hunt larger recreation for herself. Fishing and foraging will likely be her focus, however she’ll be trapping something she will to make sure a meals provide. The prize cash would imply a extra comfy off-grid way of life, however extra importantly for Eva, it is a once-in-a-lifetime likelihood to go deeper than ever into her reference to nature. The large questions: Can she rely solely on fishing and foraging if searching fails her? How will she deal with excessive starvation, a problem she’s by no means actually confronted earlier than? “This isn’t a weekend interest for me, it’s a life-style.”
KARLA, 35 Expedition Chief, QLD
Karla is all the time on the go – she hasn’t stopped travelling, transferring, skilling-up or adventuring since she first began. Her relentless vitality and drive have outlined her lifetime of journey and exploration. When she’s not on a ship main expeditions throughout the globe, she’s travelling round Australia, residing nomadically out of her 4WD. Rising up within the Woman Guides, quite a lot of her childhood and teenage years had been spent within the outside – and all the things she’s carried out since has been exterior! Karla has worn many hats: wildlife zookeeper, business helicopter pilot, Kimberley fishing information, and member of the Military Reserves amongst them. All will serve her effectively as she faces the challenges of Alone. Karla can fend for herself. She has intensive hands-on expertise with wildlife – she will learn animal behaviours, monitor, and catch them by hand.
A seasoned massive recreation hunter, she’s now wanting ahead to dealing with a brand new check: searching with out her trusted firearms or bow. A assured trapper, fisher and forager, she’s comfy in her skill to utilize what the land provides. “Bush tucker is my jam.” she says, “I’ve eaten scorpions, snails, spiders, and mealworms – foraging is what I depend on probably the most within the wild.” For the previous six years, Karla has thrived in solitude, travelling solo and dealing remotely, embracing the liberty of residing life on her personal phrases. Successful would elevate her nomadic way of life to the subsequent stage.
The large questions: Can a lifelong nomad, so accustomed to fixed motion and freedom, actually cool down in a single place? Or will boredom get one of the best of her? “I wish to discover out if I actually know my shit, or if I’m filled with it!”
MATT, 31 Indigenous Youth Employee, WA
Figuring out as a Yanyuwa, Waanyi/Garawa man, Matt’s deep connection to tradition stems from the teachings of Aboriginal elders and neighborhood leaders from Yawuru—Broome—the place he lives rurally along with his spouse and two kids. A real nation boy at coronary heart, Matt grew up on a cattle station, creating a profound bond with the land. Whereas his athleticism took him to the heights {of professional} rugby league, taking part in 17 NRL video games for the Canberra Raiders and NZ Warriors, it was his connection to nation that in the end referred to as him again, leaving the sporting world behind to work with neighborhood and Indigenous youth. Matt is extremely expert in conventional practices like goanna searching, spearing stingrays, fishing within the shallows, and pig searching with a nulla-nulla. A member of the Australian Bow Hunters Affiliation, he’s proficient with compound and recurve bows, and hunts with rifles, bows, and traps. His fishing expertise embrace fly fishing, ocean and freshwater fishing with bait, spears, handlines, and catch-and-release traps. Along with his searching and fishing prowess, Matt is resourceful in bushcraft. He’s crafted spears, golf equipment, yabby traps, fish traps, crab traps, lures, and crab hooks, all utilizing conventional strategies.
His motivation is straightforward: he needs to encourage the youth he teaches to step up and have a go – and if he wins, he plans to journey Australia in a caravan along with his household, exploring the fantastic thing about the land and passing down information and custom to the subsequent technology. The large query: Can a coastal Kimberley survivalist adapt his physique and expertise to the icy challenges of Tasmania’s rugged West Coast Ranges? “Rising up, I didn’t watch ‘Bob the Builder’, I’d be out attempting to hunt grandpa’s rabbits. I’ve actually been searching my entire life and I’ve been outside since earlier than I can keep in mind.”
MUZZA, 63 Bushman, VIC
Muzza may be the oldest participant ever on Alone Australia, however at “63 years younger,” he’s fast to remind everybody that age is only a quantity. With the health and power to match his adventurous spirit, this skilled bushman and gifted storyteller has lived a life as rugged and diverse because the Australian outback itself. Through the years, Muzza’s profession has included stints as a farmer, FIFO employee within the Pilbara, gold hunter, roo shooter, tuna fisherman, and pump mechanic—to call just some. His physique, marked by scars, is a residing roadmap of encounters with Australia’s most formidable wildlife, every with a narrative to inform. Raised on a dairy farm, Muzza’s playground was the bush from the second he may stroll. His fishing, searching, bushcraft, monitoring, trapping, and constructing expertise had been honed by a lifetime of hands-on expertise. As we speak, he nonetheless supplies 80% of his household’s protein by searching and fishing, bringing house venison, rabbits, fish, and seafood. But his true ardour is fishing. Earlier than his father handed, he gifted Muzza a e-book of 100 fish species to catch in Australia—a problem Muzza has practically accomplished. Now retired in nation Victoria, Muzza doesn’t sit nonetheless for lengthy. One journey after one other has included a 700km solo trek alongside the Australian Alpine Monitor, accomplished over 5 weeks – however Alone Australia will likely be his biggest problem but. Muzza will likely be lacking his spouse of 44 years, his two kids, their companions and 5 grandchildren, however he’s ‘never-say-die prepared’ for this – it’s not in regards to the cash, it’s in regards to the thrill of it; “convey it on!” The large query: Can Muzza’s physique stand up to an unforgiving Tasmanian winter, or will his household’s fears of damage or sickness show true? “I wish to be the inspiration for my age group to get off their arses and problem themselves. Folks hit their 60s and suppose they’re previous – bullshit!”
SHAY, 30 Skilled Trapper, NZ
Shay, a shy and soft-spoken North Island New Zealander, has all the time felt extra at house in nature than anyplace else. A possum trapper since 16, he spends many days deep within the bush attempting to find meat and fur to help his household. Residing largely off wild animals—venison, possum, wallaby, hedgehog, and rabbits—Shay and his spouse prioritise sustainable, wild meals. “It’s simply higher,” Shay says. “No chemical compounds. Higher for the atmosphere. You play the position of a predator and supply for your loved ones. Win/win.” Lately, Shay has shared his information of New Zealand’s flora, fauna, and bush meals on his YouTube channel, having fun with the method of documenting his adventures. A grasp tracker and trapper used to New Zealand’s harsh winters, he’s prepared for the distinctive challenges of the Tasmanian wilderness. To organize, he’s sewn possum skins into his oilskin jacket, a apply that retains him heat and dry within the NZ bush. Shay’s motivation for Alone Australia is evident: the prize cash provides an opportunity to stay debt-free and off the grid, securing a self-sufficient future for his household. However the journey presents a private problem—he’s by no means been away from his two daughters for greater than two weeks. The chance to safe their future makes the sacrifice worthwhile. The large query: Together with his slight body and issue sustaining weight, may this be the Achilles’ heel that assessments the resilience of this in any other case succesful bushman? “Tapping out shouldn’t be an choice… It’d sound loopy, however I’m going to be there for 300 days.”
TOM, 33 Ecologist, NSW
Tom lives a life-style grounded in self-sufficiency, nurturing his household with homegrown fruits, greens, foraged meals, and wild recreation—from small catches to bigger hunts. A educated ecologist, he’s at the moment an at-home-dad who additionally works as a zoo educator and runs his personal nature schooling enterprise, main guided safaris and creating partaking content material for councils throughout Sydney. An professional in trapping, plant and bug identification in addition to foraging, Tom has refined his expertise by years of examine and apply. Fishing, a lifelong ardour, is the place he actually excels, having mastered numerous methods throughout all water varieties. Born with out his proper hand as a consequence of symbrachydactyly, Tom has confronted challenges head-on, adapting to life with and with out prosthetics. His distinctive adaptability shines by in his mastery of actions like mountain climbing, constructing, searching, swimming, kayaking, horseback driving, and fishing—all skilfully executed. Earlier than fatherhood, Tom was an avid adventurer, exploring Patagonia, path operating, biking, kayaking, and even endeavor an expedition to Antarctica. Now, the chance to compete in Alone provides an opportunity to reconnect along with his adventurous spirit. If victorious, Tom plans to buy the house the place he grew up and lift his household on land that’s a part of a critically endangered ecosystem—guaranteeing a future for each his household and the land he holds pricey. The large query: How will Tom deal with the isolation and separation from his household?
“I don’t suppose you go into one thing like this with out being a little bit unhinged. Within the wild elements of Tasmania, it’s chilly, it’s rugged, it’s unforgiving. All 10 of us are batshit loopy.”
YONKE, 52 Farmer & Permaculturalist, VIC
Yonke is a stoic but playful single mom, managing a 20-acre permaculture farm in rural Victoria whereas elevating an 11-year-old daughter and twin teenage boys. Her life is a mix of exhausting work, sustainability, spirituality and nurturing her kids in a close-knit, rural setting. She additionally runs rewilding workshops when she finds the time. Raised by an adventurous single mom, Yonke spent a lot of her childhood travelling throughout Asia, deeply immersing herself in Jap philosophies. With Dutch heritage, she left Australia at 18 to check forestry within the Netherlands, aiming to grasp how forest communities thrive. Her journey continued in Brazil, the place she lived within the forest for 3 months. Her profound connection to forests and flora means the concept of chopping down a tree for shelter is extra distressing than searching an animal for meals.
A passionate fisher, Yonke has forged her line in waters from the highlands of Tasmania to the jungles of Brazil. She has spearfished within the ocean, tickled trout, and realized the significance of endurance and flexibility in these environments. Foraging is Yonke’s biggest power. Her distinctive skill to determine and use what nature provides has been central to her survival, giving her a deep confidence heading into Alone. This expertise, honed by years of farming and residing off the land, permits her to unravel issues instinctively, benefiting from each useful resource the wilderness supplies. The large query: Will Yonke wrestle with the absence of neighborhood? Will she discover the deep connection she is looking for whereas juggling survival and documentary making?
“I’ve spent my life taking a look at how people join with the wild world, by anthropology, ethnobotany, forestry and that is the subsequent of stage of all of it – I simply wish to know what it feels prefer to fully depend on nature to maintain myself.”
Alone Australia is an A+E Media Group format and ITV Studios Australia manufacturing for SBS. All twelve episodes will likely be out there with subtitles in Simplified Chinese language, Conventional Chinese language, Arabic, Vietnamese and Korean, and with audio description for blind or vision-impaired audiences.
Double episode Wednesday March 26 at 7.30pm on SBS (with a double finale on 4 June.).
