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...Outback As the survivors land on a suspiciously convenient runway, Jeff tells them that "as of right now, you are completely cut off from the outside world." Actually, they're on a 55,000-acre cattle station only a hundred miles or so west of the Queensland coast, over what's known as the Great Dividing Range. Travel another thousand miles or so further west and you'll be in the true center of Australia...
...interested in learning how to survive your next trip to the Australian bush, don't look to "Survivor: The Australian Outback" for advice. Yes, in theory you should be able to learn quite a bit from the predicament of 16 would-be millionaires abandoned, as CBS says, "in the heart of one of the most unforgiving places anywhere on earth, the Australian outback." But this is what we've learned so far: Boil river water before you drink it; don't let an Army guy do your fishing; keep your hair in braids...
...stash of beef jerky; pondering whether Elizabeth has the power to protect Roger; wondering how many pounds of water I could balance on my shoulders. Still, as an Australian and a pedant, I am heartily disappointed with the "reality" of the setting. What Jeff and his producers call the Outback is a lush, watery place in the rainy season, not the dry, red desert we associate with the word. And survive? The good people of Ogakor and Kucha are getting a whole lot of help. They may be on the peckish side, but as long as they're complaining about...
...Outback isn't a specifically defined area, but when Australians refer to it they're talking about country wildly different from the real estate that Ogakor and Kucha call home. Those fortunate tribes have the flowing Herbert River to drink from, wash and cool off in. In the true Outback, water is often found only by digging a hole at the bottom of a rocky outcrop. It can get up to 120 degrees during the day and there is precious little shade. There's no ankle-deep water for a bikini-clad Jerri to lounge in and proclaim "Look...
...Anyone Tell You Cow Brain Is Bush Tucker As an Australian, I'm happy to forgive Jeff for calling the cattle ranch the Outback. After shoving Mick Dundee and the Crocodile Hunter down your throats, we deserve it. But I really can't find it in my heart to excuse CBS for Episode 2's immunity challenge, in which the contestants must eat "true Aboriginal food, what they call bush tucker." The mangrove worm, the wichity grub, the bug and the shellfish are all fair enough, says Ian Lilley, of the University of Queensland's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...