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Bush Tucker Man Season 1 Episodes

  • 1987-1996
  • 3 Seasons
  • Documentary
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Survival expert Les Hiddins shares his vast knowledge of bush tucker and outback crafts. Set in country written off by early explorers as "uninhabitable," the Bush Tucker Man has spent years talking with and learning from the people who have successfully lived here for thousands of years, the Australian Aborigines. Each program is filled with examples of foods, survival techniques and ancient medicines, interwoven with Les' insights into the nature of the land itself. And what a country. "Bush Tucker Man" features some of Australia's most breathtaking landscapes, from tropical rainforests to deserts to vast wetlands teeming with life.

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

8 Episodes 1988 - 1988

Episode 1

Arnhem Land

In this pilot episode, then Major Les Hiddins introduces himself and the job he does; exploring northern Australia and cataloguing native food or "bush tucker" for the Australian Army. Starting at the town of Borroloola he heads into the Aboriginal reserve known as Arnhem Land. We follow his journey north, meeting up with an Aboriginal group who show him how to use tree bark to catch fish, then on to a base camp where he shows us his day job of gathering, collating and submitting bush tucker for nutritional analyses.

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Episode 2

The Wet in Port Keats

Surviving the rainy season in Australia's Northern Territory.

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Episode 3

Desert

Moving away from the tropics, Major Les Hiddins takes us into the Australian desert country to show that it is possible to survive even in this harsh landscape. From a honey-ant forage with the women of Papunya, west of Alice Springs he travels through the "arid zone" to hunt water with a guide from Yuendumu, perform a bit of emergency bush repair on a water can and round off the trip gathering one of Australia's most famous bush tuckers with a group from Lajamanu.

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Episode 4

Prince Regent Gorge

Major Les Hiddins takes us to the remote Kimberley region of Northwest Australia. Starting on the beach beside a food tree with a piece of historical graffiti he leads us inland, up through the gorge of the Prince Regent river in the fateful footsteps of the explorer George Grey. Pausing occasionally to grab a snail or two, dig for yams or visit an ancient native art gallery, Maj. Hiddins talks us through Grey's unsuccessful journey as we trace his path deep into the Kimberley.

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Episode 5

Rain Forest

29 mins

The Aussie survivalist discovers the secrets of the rainforests in Bloomfield, Queensland.

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Episode 6

Coastal

30 mins

Les Hiddins travels to the west coast of Cape York where the first known sighting of Australia took place by Europeans.

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Episode 7

Doomadgee

30 mins

Les Hiddins recalls an amazing story of survival in Queensland's gulf country.

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Episode 8

Aurukun

30 mins

Les Hiddins joins a group of soldiers on an expedition into the Bush to learn first-hand about the survival techniques of Aborigines.

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