Category talk:Kimberley, Australia

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I'm an Aussie who has lived in the Kimberley. Grills hit the Kimberley in "garden of plenty" season - just after the "wet". My 8 year old could do this alone and in comfort! (yeah, we spend a lot of time "out bush") At times there was bushtucker in screen behind him (like the pandanus or "jackfruit")- to which he was oblivious. Only idiots and Englishmen try to treck the top end in the midday sun. At one stage he rests under a Boab tree (good source of emergency water, seed pods pith is like freeze dried icecream) parched with thirst after trecking in the blazing sun, and moments later drinks his own urine. I don't know about survival overseas, so haven't commented to date, but his Aussie farce was just too much. What he shows viewers is "How to Die through stupidity in the Outback" You don't need to be thirsty - there is stacks of water everywhere at the end of the wet. You don't need shelter - temperature doesn't drop below 20 deg celcius this time of year. You rest from 10am till 4pm in cool gorges or under rock outcrops, travell in the cool of morning or evening while you hunt for food, and because the skies are mostly clear, navigate by the southern cross or the sun. My kids think "Man vs Wild" is a comedy show