Hamish survived a category 2 cyclone in a 4m boat off the coast of the Northern Territory. The hairy escape from the sea was one thing. The overnight self-rescue mission another. I’m familiar with his story because I was there too!

We unpack the ‘incident’ which scared the crap out of both of us and taught us valuable lessons.

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I chat with my life-long friend Andy about career paths that allow epic adventures in work time. Calling from a tent in Antarctica, he's halfway though a five-week expedition searching for meteorites.

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Callie has been camping in the North American woods for the last 12 years... straight! Tragedy, the call of the wild and courage to commit to the unknown have shaped her differently. She is also one of the most prominent and much-loved characters on the US Alone TV show, appearing in Season 7 and Alone Frozen.

Oh, and she lives with 11 goats.

You don't want to miss this one!

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These tips come from personal experience with my own kids (from babies to teenagers) on adventures such as a week-long unsupported hike through remote Tasmania, a fourteen-day high altitude trek in Nepal, and a four-day ski traverse through the Snowy Mountains in a blizzard.

Learn what works and what doesn't from the technical side to parental regret (OK, I hammed that up).

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Lisa sailed solo around Antarctica (twice!). The third person ever to have done it, and the first woman, she broke the world speed record on the second attempt. Narrowly escaping death during a complete dismasting she was impacted by the ship that came to her aid and survived countless rollovers and knock-downs on the planets roughest ocean (even during winter months when it's at its worst!).

She shares her epic struggles and how she managed to survive.

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24 year old Tom built a plywood boat in his Brisbane backyard, shipped it to Peru and rowed solo back toward Australia across the Pacific. A totally authentic, epic adventure ensued until.... on the final leg he was capsized by a rogue wave. In gale force winds, naked and freezing, he secured himself with a single rope to the upturned hull and activated his EPIRB. As night fell the enormity of his situation hit him.....

The epic survival story and rescue that followed have featured widely in international media over previous weeks. Hear the full story now, for the first time, on the podcast! It's epic!

Tom's Links:

www.tomrobinsonboats.com, Youtube, Instagram, Facebook.

Also checkout my Surviving the Great Barrier Reef series on my Outback Mike Youtube channel.

Or buy a Zoleo Satellite Communicator

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The Hayes family lives a very different life. With three YouTube channels in one family they have the freedom to go where their outdoor passions take them.

First I chat to Liz about the pros and con's of such a life and then Clay (winner of Alone season 8). We dive deeper into the ethics of bowhunting in the US and raising kids in such a unique way.

Check out their content!

Liz -YouTube, Instagram

Clay - YouTube, Instagram

Fenn (11 year old son) - YouTube

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Clay is a highly experienced American woodsman. We chat about his upbringing and the experiences that prepared him for the show, like hunting and fishing as a kid, his masters in wildlife ecology, 17 years in the Idaho Fish and Game Department and the YouTuber lifestyle that allows his family to 'live the dream' in wild and remote places.

Follow Clay: Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, website

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I linked up with Australian adventurer Lucy Barnard in Central America as she hiked past the halfway mark of her 30,000km hike from the southern tip of South America to the northern tip of Alaska.

I've known Lucy for a while now and we unpacked her adventure while hiking for three days up an active volcano in Guatemala while her hiking companion, Wombat (blue heeler cattle dog), was recovering from a foot injury at a local vet.

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I got to know Naomi closely as we worked together for two weeks as survival instructors for Desert Island Survival on an uninhabited island off Panama. This is a summation of those deep convos in our hammocks after 'work'.

Strap in. We cover some interesting territory-

-survival coping mechanisms

-bisuexual polygamy

-rape, extreme trauma, and the aftermath

-hardship bonding and more.

Follow Naomi: Instagram, Facebook

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Naomi has experienced amazing things in the survival world despite finding her passion recently and still being in her twenties. Labelled 'Bushcraft Barbie', she doesn't fit the fashion-designer stereotype.......at all.

From bear encounters (bear and Bear), to dealing with the media, to post partum depression she's open and honest about her fears and failures.

Follow Naomi: ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠

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I chat with seasoned hitchhiker Claudia about our best and worst experiences thumbing rides across the world. Including Canada, Alaska, Mainland USA, Middleast Europe, Russia, Asia, Iceland, Australia, NZ, South America, and Africa. We discuss tips, tricks and how to deal with the worst case scenarios.

Follow Claudia:  Website, Instagram.

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Jemima Robinson has run the Banff Film Festival Australian Tour for 17 years. She shares her top ten films and we explore what makes an adventure film great, ultimate tragedies and the effect of AI moving forward.

1. ​ 1. Crossing the Ice 2012 2. North of the Sun 2012 3. Free Solo 4. Kadoma – 2011 can’t find online 5. Birdman of the Karakoram. 6. Danny Macaskill – Wee Day Out. 7. Sea Gypsies 8. The Accord 9. Sur le fil des 4000 10. On the trail of Genghis Khan – 2014 10000km along the silk route

Other films mentioned: Kon Tiki, Alone Across Australia, Ice Maiden,Doing it Scared by Paul Prichard – Couldn’t find a viewing link, The Alpinist (like Free Solo but for ice climbing), Corner of the Earth Kamchatka, Wee Day Out, Danny MacAskill

Follow Banff Australia: Website, Instagram,

Jemima’s Ultimate Aussie Adventure Map. Ocean Film Festival (which she also runs)

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Hiking the North Magnetic Pole, founding a survival tour company and winning the Alone UK TV series; these are some of the experiences Tom ponders when philosephising (I had to google that word) the benefits of an outdoor life.

Check out Tom's company https://www.desertislandsurvival.com/(Offer Code Mike100 to receive $100USD discount)

and his personal website https://tomwilliams.tv/

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Crossing the Gobi Desert on foot, mountaineering in Nepal, paragliding in Bolivia, Elise goes from one epic adventure to the next, squeezing the most from each finite year of life. Strap in, as she re-lives the dream so far including the odd turns and hardship.

Check out her ripping new book Take It Outside

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How close can you camp to water and be safe? Is it safe to fish from the bank? I answer these and other questions with experienced northern fisherman and Youtuber Andy, from Andy's Fishing Wild Cook.

Plenty of no BS croc warries too.

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Facing suicidal thoughts and electro-shock therapy for severe depression, Bailey turned to adventure as a last ditch effort to manage severe mental illness. 5500km later, after walking the entire east-coast of Australia (along the beach!), she found not only an effective management strategy but a new direction in life.

Follow Bailey: Instagram, Website

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Eric Philips is one the worlds most experienced polar adventurers. His 30+ expeditions to the North and South Poles, icecap crossings of Greenland, Iceland and Patagonia, and a childhood love of space landed him an even more out-of-this-world adventure – a world-first, polar space flight orbiting the poles.

Erics Website, Instagram, Facebook

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NSW National Parks have proposed expensive (in my opinion) new fees across the majority of campgrounds, which will price many Australians out of camping. In this episode I speak to former NPWS ranger, Louise Anderson (Ranger Louie on Instagram) to get her thoughts on life as a ranger and the effect these fees will likely have if the NSW Labour Government allows them to go through. Please note, Louie is not a spokesperson for NPWS service. These are just her opinions.

Here's the ePetition I created to NSW State Parliament titled Keep Camping Affordable for All Australians In NSW National Parks. Please consider signing it.

Only NSW residents can sign. Non-NSW residents can still have there say by messaging the NSW Environment Minister directly here.

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I interview ABC journalist Erin Parke who spent years gaining the the trust of Robert Bogucki, whose edge-of-survival spiritual quest into the Australia outback sparked a international search effort and media frenzy. Travelling to Robert's cabin in the Alaska, Erin gets to the bottom of why this mysterious but well-considered bloke set off alone into the wilderness to find answers.

Listen to Expanse, Erin's six part ABC podcast series about Robert Bogucki.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/expanse

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Sam Birch grew up in the remote Kimberley bush, living a wild and often tumultuous life. Five years ago he changed his life. This Balanggarra Traditional Owner now runs a successful guiding business and men's group to help others through the dark times that he fought, and won.

Listen on: Apple or Spotify

Follow Birchy on Instragam, Facebook and check out his tour guiding business, birchysfishingtours.com.au

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Cam is a full-time thru-hiker, trekking some of the worlds longest and most spectacular trails. He just finished his hardest challenge yet, shared with his million followers across Instagram and TikTok.

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Shipwreck survivor James Morrill washed up on the Far North QLD coast in 1846, living with Aboriginal people for 17 years before re-assimilating into European society.

In this episode I read out James' book about his experience, published in 1864, and compare it to my own in 2021, where I tried to escape his predicament in a homemade dugout canoe.

Listen to Modern-Day Castaway, my self-read audiobook about my journey up the Great Barrier Reef in a dugout canoe to escape James predicament.

Hard copy books containing James account

Captive of Empire - Bruce Breslin (this is the one I mentioned that also delves into the Aboriginal context and issues of the period)

Mogoer Munya - John Elliot

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Former Australian commando Heston Russell fought in Middle East and after returning to ‘normal life’ had to fight to clear his name and those under his command. We unpick what happened, and the media, government landscape that allowed it.

Heston Russell- Forging The Will To Fight (Book)

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Hestons proposed Veterans Protection Act

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Shipwreck survivor James Morrill washed up on the Far North QLD coast in 1846, living with Aboriginal people for 17 years before re-assimilating into European society.

In this second episode of reading James' book about his experience, published in 1864, James outlines his observations of pre-European Aboriginal life, what they ate, language, how they dealt with the dead, spiritual beliefs and his appeal for land to be set aside for them. I continue to add my experience living off the land trying to escape his predicament in a homemade dugout canoe.

Listen to my Modern-Day Castaway audiobook about my journey up the Great Barrier Reef in a dugout canoe to escape James predicament.

Hard copy books containing James account

Captive of Empire - Bruce Breslin (this is the one I mentioned that delves into the Aboriginal context and issues of the period)

Mogoer Munya - John Elliot

Listen to the Castaway audiobook by Robert Macklin detailing the experience of Shipwrecked cabin boy Narcisse Pelletier

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