Finding your way across this vast landscape is difficult with so few landmarks to help. The native Australians have their own unique method of navigation. One of the reasons that Aborigines are, in many ways, the ultimate survivors in the outback is...
Australia really is a place of extremes. You know, when its hot, its roasting. When it rains, it pours. And when its beautiful, it really is spectacular. In the heat of the day in the Kimberley, you can expect 125 degree heat and energy-sapping humid...
Im in the Kimberley in north Australia. Its a wet season. A thunderstorm is raging. And more rain is probably on its way. Im making my roof at an angle to help the rain run off. Ive put up a basic frame made from thin branches and Im tying it all tog...
The bad weather is about to hit me. Ive got minutes until the deluge begin. Even though Im not staying out here tonight, Ill show you how the Aborigines would build a shelter against this sort of rain. Ok. What I can do here is build a bit of a bed s...
As the afternoon and the clouds start to roll in, the suns heat is beginning to cool off a little. Hear that? Its thunder. Its amazing, you know. Sun. I tell you its gonna be rain within a few hours. Its all moving this way. Out here in the wet seaso...
Ive got about a quarter of a bottle now for later reserve. Urine is actually 95 percent water. And its sterile when fresh. But only drink it when you are hydrated. And drink it sooner rather than later as its a breeding ground for bacteria. The peopl...
Temperatures in the outback of Australia have been known to reach up to 57 degrees Celsius. Thats over 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Its unbearably hot. And the search-and-rescue guys say if someone is dropped into the middle of that, with nothing, no wate...
This looks like an all right place to climb down. The only thing is climbing like this when youre unroped, and youre on your own is probably the most unforgiving thing you can do. And it just means that you gotta get your every single move absolutely...
Its suddenly just so hot. Its quite ncie and cool in the breeze of like 100-mile-an-hour slipstream. But suddenly you realize it is very, very hot. And its also just huge. Look at this. First thing, find a vantage point to see where you are. The Kimb...
I am Bear Grylls. Ive served with the British Special Forces. Ive climbed to the summit of Everest and crossed the frozen oceans of the Arctic. Now, Im in the Australias outback, a vast wilderness. Five million visitors come here every year to see th...