Alone Australia

[Kram]

Couldn't half see that coming...

 

[NitroFan]

Weak as piss tbh.

 

[troybe]

This whole show will be done by 830 next Wednesday the way it’s going

 

[CaptchaProofBot]

while it's good to load up on bodyfat, i reckon they should have practiced fasting...2 - 3 days straight...once you 've done it, you KNOW it's not that hard

 

[Kram]

This whole show will be done by 830 next Wednesday the way it’s going

Maybe it will be just end up the 3 or so that really know what they are doing battling it out for ages.

 

[TheEscapeClub]

This whole show will be done by 830 next Wednesday the way it’s going

Like a test match in India.

 

[TheEscapeClub]

It might just be me, and again someone looking for a reason, but what's the point of doing a COVID test?

 

[Sqotty from office works]

It might just be me, and again someone looking for a reason, but what's the point of doing a COVID test?

He's 22.
Probably a more mature person wouldn't test themselves in this situation

 

[Shell]

Damn that's unlucky af.

 

[troybe]

He’s already isolating, what more does he need to do

 

[Shell]

Aw I liked this kid. ****ing covid.

 

[CaptchaProofBot]

and now for iso...we're gunna drop you on the OTHER side of the island, good luck Jimmy!!

 

[CaptchaProofBot]

was that the hunter complaining he couldn't find a single thing?

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Aw I liked this kid. ******* covid.

He was good at home where he could drive to a river or dam to fish or walk on dry even ground but he just gave the impression from the get go that he wasn't comfortable in the environment.

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Until next week.we've already lost 30% of the participants.

Kevin the survivalist was spot on from the start, number priority is going to be feeding themselves. No one is doing anything in that space so far.

 

[CaptchaProofBot]

there's room for a follow up series: Atone Australia

 

[Kram]

That's wasn't too bad, will keep watching anyway.

 

[Gak Attack]

Hopefully they've got those weaklings gone the rest should be a lot better. Some of them at least look solid. Does make you wonder how the **** those two got through the process as certainly far better missed out. Must have been deliberate.

 

[StingBitten]

That Rod bloke's comments about seasonal movements of Aboriginal people away from those types of inhospitable environments are mostly true.

However, a number of Aboriginal people had to experience living in isolation in challenging environments through tribal customs such as Rites of Passage/Initiation etc. Some others were banished from their tribes for periods of time too for Lore breaking.

 

[Rockford]

I struggled with the sanctimonious piece to camera from contestants in the first half with people prancing around on moss in bare feet or going on about their spiritual connections to the land. What I want to see is them prioritise necessities for survival. Appreciate the beauty and splendour of the place or discuss your and your peoples' connection to the land once you have drinking water, shelter, maybe a fire and a concept of where your next meal is going to come from. That they're not doing that makes me think they either don't respect the environment they're in, or that, really, the risk in the environment is not that significant. I've only watched the first half of the first episode but I suspect a couple of them are all talk and at least one will be tapping out while still talking.. about how they know they're a strong person and they don't really need this challenge and no one can take that away from them etc.. etc..

 

[Sqotty from office works]

was that the hunter complaining he couldn't find a single thing?

I'm very chuffed at predicting the first 2 deserters.
The Hunter as the others have a minor glitch in thier make up.
When they practice they always have a fall back,
He should've had his backpack sorted and in normal times would've walked to his car switched on the headlights to find the misplaced headlamp.
He didn't put up his bivvy properly and got his important things wet.
Psychology that puts you in shitsville and takes practice to get out of, he didn't find tracks that he expected and that's the 2nd downer in 24 hours.
He needs to dig out of this quickly or go home.

 

[Jbudds]

I'll keep watching, but not impressed so far with these 'experts'

 

[Vader]

I havent seen this show before but do people usually leave this early? Seems like if you know what you signed up for and have a little experience then a few days at least should be a piece of piss.

It's not unusual to see people tapping due to family/emotional reasons, though they usually don't do it 24 hours into the challenge!

Having said that, it's quite common for people to pull the plug early. The first editions of the US version had a few early leavers who were scared off by large predators. If I had a bear rubbing up against me, while I was sleeping, with only a tarpaulin between us, I think I'd be pulling the plug too!

Then there are those who covered themselves with ignominy, such as the guy who left his ferrule rod on the beach, and couldn't find it - and thus had no way of lighting fire.

I don't blame people who are sick (e.g. the kid who had COVID) or get injured (as has happened a few times in the US version) - but pulling the plug this early, because of poor skills (Beck) or emotional incompetence (dreadlocks) is just woeful.

 

[Vader]

My thoughts...

• The first 2 out were just plain embarrassing. Both were mentally weak, and should never have been selected. The fact that she burned through her ferrule rod in 48 hours says she doesn't have the skills to be out there (i.e. the fundamental basics of keeping a supply of dry kindling).
• Hippie chick seems the most prepared of all of them. She's gained significant weight in preparation, and is the only one so far to have any plans for a long-term shelter, building it early while she still has the energy reserves to do so. Clever... Not having a sleeping bag is an odd choice, but it does allow her to bring another survival item which the others won't have. Let's see how this plays out. The hippie dance during drop shock was amusing, certainly less pretentious than the welcome to country crap that dreadlocks put us through.
• Big White Hunter can't find anything to hunt, and doesn't have any of his hunting tools to kill them, even if he could find them. LOL.
• Ex-Army guy seems quite manic. Apparently he suffers from PTSD (mentioned in news reports, not in the show so far). Doesn't have the "go home factor", which afflicted dreadlocks so badly. Will be interesting to see how he fares.
• Air Force Pilot seems to know what he's doing with the fishing - looking for the type of food that the fish actually like to eat. Also has a plan to get beyond the snags close to shore. Seems competent.
• Young Kid. Catching COVID just before starting the adventure of a lifetime really sucks. He seemed to be struggling, but a fair chunk of that could be put down to illness. Feel sorry for him, and he certainly doesn't deserve to be lumped with the two idiots who tapped voluntarily.

Is anyone else amused at the irony of having 2 of the 3 "first nations" contestants being the first 2 eliminated?

 

[StingBitten]

I wonder if there's a diversity-pick element with those first two? Both clearly not up to it.

I'm all for seeing strong Indigenous people succeed in this show, and even a few I know in the south-west of WA who'd give it a real crack if they were willing to leave their Country.

In my view they were set up for failure a bit. That Rod bloke looked like he knew a lot of culture but the survivalist stuff really is next-level and requires a specific skill set.