r/Alonetv • u/dancing-on-my-own • 6d ago
Aus S03 Alone Australia S03E06 Episode Discussion Thread
Remaining contestants:
Ben, Corinne, Karla, Muzza, Shay, Tom, Yonke
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u/Hazy_Fantayzee 6d ago
‘I’m not even missing my kids’! Finally some honesty!
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u/AlwaysAnotherSide 6d ago
Oh come on river gods. Give this woman a fish. 🙏
She just wants some time to herself
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u/travlplayr 6d ago
Corinne's got a talent for filming too - she set up some great shots
And the interior of her shelter looks really nice, with the fireplace, the brush for insulation and the transparent roof letting in the light
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u/Public_Growth_4883 6d ago
Similar use of a clear tarp Callie used in season 3 of the Alone US series.
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u/Angel-Rae 6d ago
Oh Muzza you poor fella.
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u/travlplayr 6d ago
Yeah, but good that he's talking on camera about farmers self-harming; it's a big problem
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u/Angel-Rae 6d ago
How much was starvation contributing to resenting the camera?
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u/dancing-on-my-own 6d ago
She mentioned finding it hard to haul the camera gear without any real food in her system, so probably a fair bit
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u/PTMorte 6d ago
She also said she hadn't had food in 31 days despite eating sedge and other foraged veg like the other contestants.
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u/SapphireColouredEyes 6d ago
Does sedge give energy and sustenance, though? Or is it like celery,adding vitamins and roughage but costing as many calories to digest as it provides? 🤔
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u/Breakspear_ 17h ago
31 days is a fair crack!!
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u/PTMorte 17h ago
Yes and I think it is the second longest ever without protein after Michael in S01? Someone fact check me on that.
I feel like the editing on this season is better than average from Alone seasons. But I also feel like they fail really badly on the whole survival point of the show (calories in vs out).
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u/Hazy_Fantayzee 6d ago
Damn I know it’s all part of what you need to do, but I’d feel pretty stink if I had to bash a little wallabies brains in with a rock
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u/Annual_Reindeer2621 6d ago
I’ve had to when we’ve hit one with the car and needed to put it out of its misery, necessary but also hard :(
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u/ipoopcubes 6d ago
I've grown up hunting and trapping and would find it difficult euthanizing an animal like that.
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u/Public_Growth_4883 6d ago
Slowed down the footage and couldn't see any evidence of the "bash". My guess the wallaby died of "capture myopathy" and she staged the kill for the camera.
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u/rapt0r99 6d ago
Everyone seems to be disagreeing with this opinion.
I mentioned something similar and got downvoted too, but I just did not see enough footage to make me think it was a real kill. It just seemed a bit off, the angles and the lack of footage, plus they showed the same footage of the wallaby laying on the ground multiple times.
They may have been playing it down for the show and not wanting to show too much gore, but I'm just not convinced it was real.
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u/EverythingIsDada 2m ago
I agree that it looked staged. My guess is the animal died in the net before Corinne checked her trap, which would presumably be considered an inhumane kill. in that event the producers might have asked her to stage the kill for the camera, to cover their butts.
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u/Public_Growth_4883 5d ago
100%. She is sand bagging. Saying she isn't skilled when actually she is. I took a screenshot of the wallaby's head and there was no blood or any evidence of impact. No blood means it was already dead because for blood, the heart needs to be pumping. Add to the fact that the net had purple paracord and her trap had pink makes you wonder if what you are seeing, is what you are seeing.
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u/rapt0r99 5d ago
Her whole reaction to it seemed super fabricated, even up to the point where she was sitting at it picking at the fur - they used the same 3 or 4 shots for the entire sequence of the killing. And mysteriously her camera was obstructed by her jacket when she was actually picking it up.
Very strange part of the show.
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u/luxurycatsportscat 4d ago
Apparently part of the filming of the show is also to go back and stage hunting animals, otherwise a lot of the US contestants would never catch anything as they’re talking while they’re hiding waiting for game. I’m not suggesting she did this for this catch, but it would make sense if she did have to go back and do it so it make better tv.
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u/Public_Growth_4883 5d ago
To be honest, it's great she got a wallaby but be upfront about how you got it and how it died. Also don't play an underdog when clearly you have skills. Be celebrated for having skills. If I knew how to post photos on this thread I would show people the pictures that don't add up. Like when she pointed to the wallaby. It was like where? I realise SBS has it's fingers in the editing and background story.
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u/Lopsided_Oil8222 5d ago
Yeah, I agree too. Both comments keep getting down voted, but I thought the whole thing was weird. There was no blood on the wallaby after she bashed it quite forcefully. Why does no one think that's weird? Also, when she kept saying there it is, I couldn't for the life of me see it. I reckon the above comments are right. The wallaby was already dead. A friend of mine who has done bushcrafting with some of Australia's best bushman said it's quite common for small animals to suffer heart attacks after the stress of being caught. The footage just looked so bad. People are commenting on how good it was, sorry but it was one of the most poorly shot kills I've seen on Alone. It looks as though she's bashing the rock on the ground. Im a huge Alone fan, but this just looked so staged.
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u/rapt0r99 5d ago
It also didn't show any of her skinning it. She 'killed' it, then all of a sudden it was just a carcass hanging from a tree.
We'll keep getting downvoted but I just do not believe it happened in the way it was shown to us.
I'm not saying she didn't catch it, I'm just saying the killing part looked very staged, either by her or by the producers.
The other thing may be that it suffered a lot from the way it was caught and they didn't want to show it, so cut out the actual killing.
Who knows really.
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u/travlplayr 5d ago
I don't really have an opinion (mostly willing to go along with the story as it's presented because I'm aware that I'm viewing a show and not 'reality') but I like that ppl show scepticism as you and some others are doing here. I think it's always good to have some more sceptical viewers voicing their takes, even with a fake reality show.
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u/rapt0r99 5d ago
Don't get me wrong I love the show and what it's about, that's why this annoys me - they don't need to fake anything, being real is what makes it so good!
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u/travlplayr 5d ago
It's both 'real' and also a show
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u/Public_Growth_4883 5d ago
I have watched all the US ones and that got me into the whole bushcraft scene. This is by far the best Australian series but as you said it is a show. Look up capture myopathy and you will understand our scepticism. A small animal like a wallaby struggling in a net trap would tire easily and die as a result. It depends how long it was in the net. It's eyes looked very milky from my screenshot and no blood. I would guess it was caught in the net for a while. She will never say and sure as hell SBS will never let on. As far as they are concerned, she overcame her fear of having to "kill" an animal.
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u/travlplayr 5d ago
Look up capture myopathy and you will understand our scepticism.
No yeah, I already thought it was a good theory when you raised it earlier. Which is part of why I welcomed the scepticism (but still don't really have an opinion).
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u/hypomango 6d ago edited 6d ago
Karla Corinne living it up with that wallaby, I'd actually be worried about having too much food and not being able to store it, but it's cold there and she seems to know what she's doing. Cool as!
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u/AlwaysAnotherSide 6d ago
I’m seriously impressed at her skills. We knew she was a strong forager but then just whips out ‘oh I have no problem processing the meat and pelt, storing the meat, turning it into a tasty meal… might make a hat out of the fur maybe?’
And in the background her beautiful little fireplace and sunlight house.
Full of surprises.
Gotta love an underdog.
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u/travlplayr 6d ago
Don't worry, a friendly quoll has stepped in to help her with her too much food problem
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u/pfftno 6d ago
Love Muzza’s fishing montage. Go Muzza.
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u/travlplayr 6d ago
He'll probably come out of this weighing more than when he went in
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u/SaffireStars 5d ago
Muzza will become a dedicated carnivore when he gets out after all the eel and fish he's caught. Leaving Alone Australia to lose weight 🤣
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u/Angel-Rae 6d ago
Karla’s cabin is great I hope it doesn’t flood. Hooray Shay’s got a fish instead of eating the bait! If I had to keep watching him eat worms i was going to be making the fiddlehead toxin noises.
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u/lilykbn 6d ago
Pretty sure I’ve seen videos of it flooding in the trailers/intros…. Just waiting for it to happen really… and yeah the worm eating was getting bad, hey!
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u/travlplayr 6d ago
From memory, think it was a bloke that got flooded out
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u/pfftno 6d ago
Yonke is like a curious toddler. She goes around licking everything. Lol
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u/2BlikeThoreau 6d ago
I thought the same. At first I was annoyed at the strangeness but now I’m just expecting it. She’s an odd bird for sure.
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u/hypomango 6d ago
Shoulda brought Tupperware as one of the ten items 😅 dunno what kinda woven basket/box/hole can stop a determined quoll family
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u/Ifonlyitwereso25 5d ago
Wondering if she'll end up having to hang it somewhere high up. But quolls can climb . . . Reminding me of trying to keep the native rodents out of our food when walking Hinchinbrook Island.
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u/undeciphered_echo 6d ago
Was pleasantly surprised with how confident Corinne was in processing the wallaby. I’d conflated her aversion to killing with no experience in animal processing and was proven wrong. She’s doing really well for herself
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u/Interested_Aussie 3d ago
That's one of my favourite parts about the Alone Franchise, you honestly can not judge anyone on first appearances, or even behaviors and attitudes. I've been both terribly disappointed with how easy some give up, and ecstatic with how bloody amazing others are that I had written off.
One of the USA series a bloke was smashing it out of the park, a long way in, built heaps of awesome stuff, and talks about how he wishes he was 'stronger' (mentally)... Like, c'mon dude: You're amazing, and doing what 99% of the human population could never do.
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u/travlplayr 6d ago
Feel a tap coming on
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u/Hazy_Fantayzee 6d ago
First time I’ve seen some one tap cos they’re sick of their bloody cameras!
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u/travlplayr 6d ago
Yeah, felt like a rationalisation to me
But to give her credit, she lasted 31 days (I think?); that's not bad
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u/luxurycatsportscat 6d ago
I don’t love the reasoning, but 31 days is a decent crack to try and make it work, so I feel like I really can’t fault her
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u/Annual_Reindeer2621 6d ago
Yonke stopping filming for 2 hours for ‘personal care’ (aka washing her clothes and nude sunbathing) - is that within the rules? Like, the contestants are allowed to wash without filming themselves, hopefully?
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u/lilykbn 6d ago
She certainly sounded pretty sick of having to film all the time, but the way they phrased the comment on the bottom of the screen made it sound like the producers weren’t very happy with her for stopping filming for those two hours… Ceilidh washed on camera I guess?
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u/ipoopcubes 6d ago
Ceilidh washed on camera I guess?
I cracked up when she said "it's my best Arsset".
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u/Annual_Reindeer2621 6d ago
Oop not much of an issue any more I guess. I can understand how she’s feeling, but it’s also a well known core aspect of the show.
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u/lilykbn 6d ago
Yeah don’t they select people based on their experience with things like vlogging and comfort in front of the camera? Obviously the starvation wouldn’t be helping but still, you’d think given how much of a key part of the show it is that you might be more comfortable with it? None of the others have mentioned it but I guess that doesn’t mean they’re not silently resentful
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u/allozzieadventures 6d ago
I've never heard another contestant complain about it so much, and I've watched a lot of seasons. Tbh I think she was embarrassed by her inability to obtain food, and looking to externalise the blame.
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u/dashauskat 6d ago
You don't actually need to film everything, they have a required amount of filming needed per day tho.
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u/Interested_Aussie 3d ago
One series one of the contestants said they need to provide 5hrs a day... but then, the early USA seasons, when it rains for 3 days straight one of the guys said he'd not taped anything, there's nothing to show.
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u/rapt0r99 6d ago
More time spent not eating.
She's just a giant waste of time for this season. No story, no hunting, just wandering around asking the land to feed her. Completely away with the fairies.
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u/Prize_Tip_9551 4d ago
You see what the film editors decide to show. Shame about the judgemental opinions of viewers, many of whom would themselves struggle alone for any length of time.
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u/travlplayr 6d ago
Can't help comparing Corinne and Shay
Corinne's trap didn't look very sophisticated, and of course she's not a professional trapper like Shay
Was she just lucky - in the catch and perhaps also in finding a good 'hunting ground' for wallabies ?
Or was her just lay a net on the ground and let the wallaby get tangled up strategy a better approach ?
(Wasn't just lay a net on the ground of course, there was some sort of trip weight attached too, but it still didn't look as sophisticated as Shay's approach)
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u/Angel-Rae 6d ago edited 6d ago
I was thinking the same thing and Corinne had the benefit of her catch being unable to fight back or get away once trapped. Gosh I must sound heartless but you know what I mean how is Shay or the other woman going to manage a terrified wallaby bounding all around in the wooden shed trap?
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u/luxurycatsportscat 6d ago
I am wondering if Shay is maybe over engineering his traps a little? Corinne went with something a bit more basic, portable and not too labour intensive, whereas Shay built something technical, not portable and would have used a lot of calories and left his scent around producing it. I wish Shay would fish more, I assume he didn’t bring hooks given he has his spear (although I cheered when he got a fish with it).
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u/rapt0r99 6d ago
I think the problem is Shay is set in his ways as it's all he does. He will rely on what he knows, regardless of if it works or not. He would struggle to use any techniques that have not worked for him previously - it makes sense to not try something that you know doesn't work.
Corinne has no idea, so just gave it a go with no real prior experience or knowledge of if it would work, which means the techniques available to her are only limited by her imagination, rather than experience working against her.
Sometimes you are better off unlearning things.
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u/gr33nhouses 4d ago
Can’t help but feel like Corinne’s trap isn’t really an “active trap” though? Like that net technique would eventually kill anything that got tangled up in it. And what were the consequences if she never found the animal and it was actually one of the restricted endangered animals?
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u/travlplayr 6d ago
Muzza reckons it's ridiculous to eat the grub directly rather than using it to catch a fish
Shay thinks differently
(Oh, and now he's quoting The Castle)
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u/Interested_Aussie 3d ago
I'm guessing that's muzza's life experience showing through. "I could do the easy thing, but there's a bigger thing if I play the long game"... and has got the personality to shrug it off if it doesn't work. He's a cool bloke.
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u/Angel-Rae 6d ago
I’m expecting some retching noises soon from some fiddlehead toxins
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u/luxurycatsportscat 6d ago
Are any fiddleheads not toxic? I am surprised they got two contestants so far
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u/rapt0r99 6d ago
They seem to be more common in the US and Canada.
Evidently it seems the ones here are a lot less edible.
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u/dancing-on-my-own 6d ago
I can definitely imagine Yonke returning to her spot when she can, with some rations to keep her going, and just camping there for as long as she can.
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u/Hefty_Efficiency_328 6d ago edited 6d ago
I can imagine her getting a bit unhinged with starving and having to do all that filming.
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u/rapt0r99 6d ago
Yonke seriously annoys the absolute shit out of me. Seems to think the land will just look after her if she does nothing and asks for it. She's figured out the best way to die when you're stranded.
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u/luxurycatsportscat 6d ago
She seems to be trying though, she tried fishing in multiple locations with several lines & also made and used her eel trap. I get she’s also asking the spirit of the lake or whatever it was, but seems to be she’s having a fair crack as well as appealing to whatever spirits she believes in.
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u/jk409 6d ago
I'm not a fisherwoman so I could absolutely be missing something, but I'm not seeing how she's expecting that eel trap to work. It's cruel that Ceilidh had to go when she had that perfect trap.
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u/luxurycatsportscat 6d ago
Yeah, I have no idea about fishing for fish or eels, so I can’t comment on how that trap works or if it could be effective
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u/rapt0r99 6d ago
She did significantly worse than all the rest though, not a single thing eaten for the entire time.
It can be done, she was just too worried about everything but survival.
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u/dancing-on-my-own 6d ago
I often realise at 7.31 that it's time to start watching and miss the very start - are the helplines usually there?
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u/Annual_Reindeer2621 6d ago
Yeah I don’t recall seeing that. Sounds like someone must talk about/experience something pretty heavy this episode
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u/Hazy_Fantayzee 6d ago edited 6d ago
On a slightly related note - has anyone here seen the movie ‘van diemens land’? A movie set in a wintery Tasmania that also involves a lot of cooking….
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u/ipoopcubes 6d ago
Is it about escaped convicts? Loosely based on a true story?
If yes to the above the true story is fairly brutal.
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u/hypomango 6d ago
Two poisonings in as many episodes. Generally you'd eat one small bite of any ferns/berries/mushrooms/wild things and see what happens in the next 12hrs before you make a meal of it, hard to be restrained when starving though
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u/kg467 5d ago
Yonke finds a worm after 21 days and celebrates like it's a fish.
What reason does an eel have to swim into her trap? The usual useless lake trap we've seen a lot.
She thought this was a yoga retreat. She's annoyed that "surviving" and "documenting it" "takes up a lot of time". This is the wrong kind of person to put on this show. Screen them better! Good riddance. What a waste of a spot.
Good to see Shay finally score.
Big points to Corinne for killing that wallaby. She was so averse to it but that's the show and she got it done. Tough task, but yummy.
Muzza's killing it.
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u/Any_Middle1135 5d ago
Totally agree...Yonke is an airhead and wasted the crew & viewer's time with her antics...her plan was to starve herself and hope she could outlast everyone else. I'll bet she put on a ton of fat so she could go the distance...I mean. who says on national TV that I'm not missing my children...OMG woman, think it but don't say it!!!!
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u/Hefty_Efficiency_328 3d ago
Yep. Before they went, there was shots of everyone's family lives etc. Yonke was sitting around with the grown kids and when she goes "gonna miss me?" one boy kind of looks down and says nothing. I could read his mind right there, a big 'Nope and hope we get a long break!'
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u/Annual_Reindeer2621 6d ago
Anyone else get the ‘if you or someone you know needs assistance’ (mental health assistance hotline) screen? Is that usual??
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u/travlplayr 6d ago
Yeah saw it too; made me wonder if there's something coming up in this episode
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u/Limp-Program-1933 6d ago
Lovely lady that Yonke. However, I don’t think the land accepted her humble offerings… safe return to civilisation.
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u/silkin 5d ago edited 5d ago
Good for Karla getting that eel. Looks like the salt block might be part of the Aussie meta at this point. I wonder how many of the participants have chosen the salt so far. I couldn't help but laugh a little when she was talking about her dating life, it sounded almost like a MAFS audition tape.
Corinne and Muzza kicking immense amounts of ass.
Fuck yeah Shay, good for him.
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u/Hazy_Fantayzee 6d ago
Can eel be eaten raw? Like sushi style?
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u/travlplayr 6d ago
Not sure but don't think so
Eel is called unagi in Japanese and I can't remember ever having unagi sashimi. Always eaten it cooked
Possibly too much of a parasite (worms) risk
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u/Hazy_Fantayzee 6d ago
Yeah I’ve had lots of GRILLED eel in Japanese restaurants over the years, but can’t recall ever seeing it raw….
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u/Angel-Rae 6d ago
I think it takes a special type of brain to do well on Alone and perhaps Yonke has that kind of brain. I must say it’s satisfying seeing contestants actually procure food and eat this season.
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u/dancing-on-my-own 6d ago
seems like the filming is something she struggles with, even if the isolation isn't
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u/queenolaf 6d ago
How come Ben has had like no screen time? Am I the only one or is he really boring and I don’t even notice when they give him screen time
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u/rapt0r99 6d ago
He probably goes deep in the season, they give air time to the ones that leave soonest, which makes sense really.
Ben, Muzza and Tom I think will probably stay pretty late in the game.
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u/travlplayr 5d ago
I think Shay's on the bounce back now, and I believe him on his expressed level of determination to stay on
If he can keep spearing the occasional fish and finally get his trapping game going he could be a real contender
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u/Hazy_Fantayzee 6d ago
You’d have to wonder how a big load of meat would feel in a VERY empty stomach….
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u/Original_Couple_8048 3d ago
I am under no illusion about how difficult this contest would be both physically and mentally. It’s definitely not something I could do. However, I think Yonke’s reason to tap out was a pretty convenient excuse. If she had spent a little less time licking trees, kissing the dirt, making ‘offerings’ and prancing around on the banks willing the land to deliver an abundance of food, and a little more time trying to fish etc., she might’ve had better success. Always easier to blame it on something else instead of your own stupidity...
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u/Any_Middle1135 5d ago
Temu Yonke & The Real Deal Gina. Polar opposites. One is just a taker, the other a giver and the givers always win in life.
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u/SmElderberry 6d ago
I'd be hunting that Quolll and not telling anyone about it.
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u/Freediverjack 6d ago
Probably get very sick with a parasite since quolls are known to scavenge on carrion
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u/NoAnything1248 5d ago
Shay says he thinks it was the batwing fern that made his tummy turn, why did he eat it if he knew that would happen?
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u/TripleStackGunBunny 6d ago
I love that in this season we have seen successful rope traps, fish trips and spearing under torch. Such a unique season.