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This follows one of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s flights that didn’t quite reach its destination. Crashing in the remote region of northern Western Australia, Kingsford Smith and his crew had to survive for several weeks on what rations they had, and the plant life in the surrounding area. Les shows what food they did eat, and what they should have eaten. It is all a little too late to say this now, Les.
On the western coastline of Tasmania, a group of convicts in the early days of Australia escape and set out through the rugged bushland, only to find that there is very little food. In the end, the episode title comes into play, leaving only one left. Les goes along the same path that these convicts did, but does not resort to eating the flesh of his camera crew. Obviously they had a feast behind the cameras, therefore cheating their way through the episode.
Following the journey set out upon by the famous explorers Burke & Wills, Les heads from Bendigo up north to the Gulf Of Carpentaria. These explorers came so close to their destination, only to turn back and die a slow death of starvation. There are just some things that Les will not recreate, probably a wise thing.
A deceiving title. Right through central Australia, Les travels not only with his trusty Land Rover, but by train. Neither of these existed when John McDouall Stuart became the first person to make this trek.
Les claims that there is proof that Australia was not first settled by the First Fleet, but by the Dutch. This Dutch settlement became more myth than fact as Les tried proving that he is more of a conspiracy theorist, following rumours to no avail.
Seeking a lost gold reef that Harold Lasseter was searching for, Les' appetite for gold gets him nowhere.
A journey from Toowoomba to the north-eastern areas of Northern Territory, following a fellow named Leichardt. Once again, an explorer I was not aware existed, nor made this phenomenal journey.
Kennedy, an explorer travelling with his expedition to the northern tip of Queensland, comes to a disastrous end when he is killed by the local Aboriginals.
