''Ray Mears Goes Walkabout'' is a survival television series hosted by

Ray Mears Raymond Paul Mears (born 7 February 1964) is a British woodsman, instructor, businessman, author and TV presenter. His TV appearances cover bushcraft and survival techniques. He is best known for the TV series ''Ray Mears' Bushcraft'', ''Ray ...

, showing Mears in Australia. The series aired from 2008 on the

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in United Kingdom, and was also shown on

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in Canada, India, Italy,

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, New Zealand, Australia, Norway,

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, the Netherlands, Russia, and the United States. A book of the same title was released concurrently with the series. In the series Mears met one of his heroes:

Les Hiddins Major Leslie James Hiddins AM (born 13 August 1946 in Brisbane, Queensland), known as "The Bush Tucker Man" is a retired Australian Army soldier and war veteran who is best known for his love and knowledge of the Australian bush. Hiddins is recog ...

(aka "The

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Man").

Synopsis

Ray Mears journeys through the wilderness of the Australian

outback The Outback is a remote, vast, sparsely populated area of Australia. The Outback is more remote than the bush. While often envisaged as being arid, the Outback regions extend from the northern to southern Australian coastlines and encompass a n ...

to learn about the people, the wildlife, and the culture. He is joined by Australian survival experts who enrich his journey and deepen Mears's understanding of Australian

bushcraft Bushcraft is the use and practice of skills, thereby acquiring and developing knowledge and understanding, in order to survive and thrive in a natural environment. Bushcraft skills provide for the basic physiological necessities for human lif ...

. These journeys encompass many of the themes of Mears's world discovery: the natural world, indigenous culture, adventure and survival.

External links

RayMears.com
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