I’m in the Australian outback, close to the back for a river which should run down to the coast. This is crocodile territory. In life-or-death situations, it’s so important to set yourself a structure to work within, you know, like a discipline and goals to have. The way I’m working at the moment is the thing we used to do in the army. It’s just, when you are walking long distances, breaking it down and marching for like an hour and then taking ten minutes, just sit down, rest, find some shade, bit of water and then another hour and sticking to this timing religiously. It just helps break the day down. 

 

And what better opportunity to stop than a fruit bush?

 

What I’m sitting under here is a wallaroo bush. I can tell that just from these oval-shaped leaves with this yellow veins running through it. But more importantly because of these white berries that they’ve got. And these are edible and they are also delicious. They sort of feel like blueberries when they pop in your mouth. They’ve also got these seeds, so they are a little bit bitter. But you don’t kind of notice that because the rest of it is so sweet and so much of survival actually is just about the psychology of it, you know, things that give you a lift and keep you going. And these berries are just so sweet and tasty. And anything that makes you smile will help you keep moving. It’s a good thing when you are out in the wilds.