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Perthforme May 25th 2008 9:44 pm

Ray Mears ....
 
Goes walkabout (in his car?). 1st of 4 episodes last night .
Gave some awsome shots of the outback ,very good me thinks!

JPSUPERHOOPER May 25th 2008 10:12 pm

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i love his bushcraft programmes.
also some great tips for people going on outback adventures:thumbup:

eve209 May 25th 2008 10:20 pm

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Great programme, my sort of walkabout in a 4x4:thumbsup:

perksy May 26th 2008 3:16 am

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I love watching his programs...though one thing gets me....

For someone who tells us how to survive on nuts and berries in the wilderness, he is one fat bastard. I bet he knows where every mcdonalds and 24hr garage is on this planet :rofl:

lovleylady May 26th 2008 3:19 am

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Ray Mears should bow at the feet of the "Original Bushtucker Man", Les the Old Aussie Army Major, now he was Outback!!

perksy May 26th 2008 3:30 am

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Ray Mears is good and knows his stuff. But for me Bear Grylls is the master

lovleylady May 26th 2008 3:39 am

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His name says it all, plus he is no Lofty Wiseman

Icarus May 26th 2008 3:40 am

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Originally Posted by perksy (Post 6395844)
Bear Grylls

but he eats Camel poo

Croc Dundee is the best , even made two films about him :thumbsup:

MarkMC May 26th 2008 4:50 am

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Originally Posted by Icarus (Post 6395872)
but he eats Camel poo

Croc Dundee is the best , even made two films about him :thumbsup:

Ah yes, good old Mick Dundee, legend... :p

Icarus May 26th 2008 5:12 am

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Originally Posted by MarkMC (Post 6396123)
Ah yes, good old Mick Dundee, legend... :p

god bless him

Icarus May 26th 2008 5:31 am

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Bear Grylls does have it rough though ..

roughing it <Clicky

JPSUPERHOOPER May 26th 2008 6:02 am

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silly faker!

give it up for the big man ray:thumbsup:

weez75 May 26th 2008 6:03 am

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Bear Grylls is THE KING:eek::thumbup::eek:

we have bear days where we go to the forest and make little shelters , even tried some pine needles that worryingly mad our mouths go numb:huh:

all hail Bear:thumbsup::thumbsup:

tiredwithtwins May 26th 2008 6:09 am

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we watched it - mianly cos there was nowt else on - seen his progs before, thought this one was pretty good. was nice to see something different about australia for a change, theres only so much crocodile hunter, new life down under and ian wright you can watch several times before going off australia for good!!

thought it was good for the history too ... was factual rather than flippant and you can see he had a real admiration for Stuart.

:thumbsup:

tartankoala May 26th 2008 6:17 am

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Originally Posted by lovleylady (Post 6395801)
Ray Mears should bow at the feet of the "Original Bushtucker Man", Les the Old Aussie Army Major, now he was Outback!!

Best watch next week then

Sunday 1st June, BBC2 8pm (repeated Monday 2nd June BBC2 7pm and on IPlayer)


Britain's foremost survival expert, Ray Mears, goes walkabout in Australia in his new series for BBC Two.

Ray Mears sets out on his second of four journeys through the wilderness of the Australian Outback.

Ray Mears and "Bush-Tucker Man" Les Hiddins meet in this second episode in the series. The pair appear to have much in common, not least their love of the wilderness and indigenous people and their contributions to Bush craft.

Ray and Les take a trip across Les's home state of Queensland. Their journey starts in the jungle of the East Coast – full of "tucker" – slang for food – strange dinosaur-like nests and plants that leave a sting like no other. Here, Ray sleeps in a "swag" rather than his usual jungle hammock and shows how the buttresses of the local trees provide an opportunity for impromptu Bush craft.

Ray and Les visit Cape Tribulation on their way to Cooktown and tell of Captain Cook's journey up this coast.

As they journey, Ray and Les find that they have similar views on many things. Heading inland, they take a draining drive across the unchanging terrain of Queensland.

Finally, Ray and Les reach the crash site of Second World War bomber Little Eva. The site, which can only be reached via helicopter, symbolises how and why Les first became interested in Bush tucker.
Bear Grylls? Pussy Cat Grylls more like, well publicised that he stays in 5 star hotels overnight rather than roughing it.

Icarus May 26th 2008 6:37 am

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Ray Mears is on now on BBC2 btw

weez75 May 26th 2008 6:54 am

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yep your right i can hear his boooooring voice echoing up the stairs!!!:eek:

steveandtina May 26th 2008 6:59 am

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Hope Ray has left his tent in the outback, might have to live in it if the housing market in the UK doesn't pick up:blink::eek:

Icarus May 26th 2008 7:00 am

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Originally Posted by weez75 (Post 6396610)
yep your right i can hear his boooooring voice echoing up the stairs!!!:eek:

but he don't stay in hotels :sneaky:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...d--hotels.html

Icarus May 26th 2008 7:46 am

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Originally Posted by Icarus (Post 6396633)
but he don't stay in hotels :sneaky:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...d--hotels.html

Mind you , i'm watching Bill Odie & i reckon he sleeps on a park bench

Vash the Stampede May 26th 2008 7:49 am

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Les Hiddins > all.

He is the one and only master of bushcraft.

LUNANBAY May 26th 2008 7:56 am

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Go Google Les Hiddens. He is the original "survival man" Makes Mears and especially BEAR look like real jessies!:p

Perthforme May 27th 2008 8:56 am

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Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede (Post 6396848)
Les Hiddins > all.

He is the one and only master of bushcraft.

It doesn't get anybetter than this

cresta57 May 27th 2008 9:57 am

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You forgot to mention the Guru of the Outback, Russell Coit!:ohmy:

Vin 'n Bin May 27th 2008 5:10 pm

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Originally Posted by cresta57 (Post 6401901)
You forgot to mention the Guru of the Outback, Russell Coit!:ohmy:

Absolutely loved 'Russell Coit'....very funny indeed :thumbsup:

cresta57 May 27th 2008 6:50 pm

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Originally Posted by Vin 'n Bin (Post 6402820)
Absolutely loved 'Russell Coit'....very funny indeed :thumbsup:

I remember his piss-take on the bush tucker man, we were watching with my folk, Deb Dad & myself were killing ourselves laughing. My mum was watching stone faced & all she could say was "Oh those poor people, fancy getting a guide like him" She followed up with " I hope they get their money back"

Wandathecat May 27th 2008 7:40 pm

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They should bring out a survival guide for the visa process.....see how long they damm well last then.......drinking water from elephants poo is easy compared to form 80!!!!!:rofl:

moneypenny20 May 27th 2008 8:21 pm

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Originally Posted by tiredwithtwins (Post 6396440)
ian wright you can watch several times before going off australia for good!!

What on earth has Ian Wright got to do with Australia :confused:

tiredwithtwins May 27th 2008 8:30 pm

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Originally Posted by moneypen20 (Post 6403243)
What on earth has Ian Wright got to do with Australia :confused:


he's one of the presenters on those globetrekker/lonely planet tv progs ... they did a couple of shows about aus and they are being repeated constantly on sky/cable.

http://www.pilotguides.com/tv_shows/...ian_wright.php

moneypenny20 May 27th 2008 8:45 pm

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Originally Posted by tiredwithtwins (Post 6403272)
he's one of the presenters on those globetrekker/lonely planet tv progs ... they did a couple of shows about aus and they are being repeated constantly on sky/cable.

http://www.pilotguides.com/tv_shows/...ian_wright.php

:rofl:Ahh, thought you were talking about the ex Arsenal pillock :rofl:

Icarus Jun 1st 2008 7:01 am

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Rays on :thumbup:

Icarus Jun 1st 2008 7:07 am

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Originally Posted by Icarus (Post 6423056)
Rays on :thumbup:

With Les :thumbup::thumbup:

RenShen Jun 1st 2008 10:48 am

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Watched Ray tonight, did Queensland (well, the North). Very good. Not dwelling on the obvious spiders, crocs, sharks and everything else that can kill a fella. Just an honest bush tucker experience and appreciation of the history of the area.

Good reference to an aussie read that I will look up "whispering wind". (Not to be confused with whispering grass which I imagine will be something entirely different!!).

JPSUPERHOOPER Jun 1st 2008 11:13 am

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les hiddins aka the bush tucker man, what a great character:thumbup:

weez75 Jun 2nd 2008 12:21 am

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Last night's ......................................
Ray eating fish on water crackers with the Monkey's 'feelin groovy' playing in the background:blink::blink::blink: yep he was REALLY roughing it :thumbdown:

bring back Bear :thumbsup::thumbsup:

JackTheLad Jun 2nd 2008 12:39 am

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Originally Posted by Icarus (Post 6396285)
Bear Grylls does have it rough though ..

roughing it <Clicky

Obviously a slow news day for the daily rags :rolleyes:

It says on the end of his docos that its all been edited, and help and assistance were always available. It's just a fun show to watch.

There was one show where he helped a couple of wannabes try and join the french foreign legion. The crap they went through was unbeleivable, and Bear just walked through it like it was normal routine,and helped the others.

So I don't think he is some faker, he is a tough guy, and he gets advice from various experts from each region he visits when he does a programme, and then he presents it in a dramatic way.

Whats the problem?

JTL

(no I'm not gay and I don't have the hots for Bear)

Nice arse though...:p

badassbrickie Jun 3rd 2008 9:48 pm

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Ray Mears is a right nancy compared to Bear Grylls.

Bear has climbed in a camel, drank water from elephant poo, and eaten a live fish:eek: not to mention loads oof other gross stuff.

Ray Mears likes to cook his fish and cover it in berries! oooh la la.

rugbymatt Jun 7th 2008 7:50 am

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Originally Posted by weez75 (Post 6425342)
Last night's ......................................
Ray eating fish on water crackers with the Monkey's 'feelin groovy' playing in the background:blink::blink::blink: yep he was REALLY roughing it :thumbdown:

bring back Bear :thumbsup::thumbsup:

You are kidding right?


Honestly?

Boring Girls is an utter ponce, pissing on his hands to keep himself alive in the mountains, and eating raw ****ing fish....


Who the crap does he think he is? Golem?


Ray may have his faults, but the king of Survival LH absolutely loves Ray, and that is enough of an endorsement for me.


That and the fact one of my mates used to work for him running courses here in the UK, and he still worships Ray.

asher Jun 7th 2008 9:50 am

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Originally Posted by badassbrickie (Post 6433145)
Ray Mears is a right nancy compared to Bear Grylls.

Bear has climbed in a camel, drank water from elephant poo, and eaten a live fish:eek: not to mention loads oof other gross stuff.

Ray Mears likes to cook his fish and cover it in berries! oooh la la.

survival with a bit of style I like it!!

lets be honest I would rather survive on cooked fish than raw so please show me how to do this any idiot knows how to eat raw fish.........souse it :rofl:

Gazzap Jun 9th 2008 10:47 pm

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http://www.ezydvd.com.au/g/i/p/221722.jpg
:thumbsup::lol:


But Les Hiddins was the best serious 'outback' adventurer:thumbup:


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