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Alice Springs, last stop. 00:02:13.960 - 00:02:16.003
'Dear Sir, I am planning to walk across the Australian desert, 00:02:27.680 - 00:02:31.919
from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean... a distance of 2,000 miles.' 00:02:31.920 - 00:02:35.879
'The trip will take six-to-seven months.' 00:02:40.760 - 00:02:43.361
Dickheads. 00:02:44.280 - 00:02:46.130
'I arrived in Alice Springs over a year ago. 00:02:50.600 - 00:02:53.599
There are herds of feral camels roaming freely throughout Central Australia 00:02:53.600 - 00:02:57.599
and my idea was to capture a few and train them to carry my gear.' 00:02:57.600 - 00:03:01.204
Diggity, stay. 00:03:10.160 - 00:03:12.124
'The trip wasn't conceived as an adventure, 00:03:15.040 - 00:03:17.799
in the sense of something to be proved or conquered. 00:03:17.800 - 00:03:20.519
And when people ask me why I'm doing it, my usual answer is "why not?".' 00:03:20.520 - 00:03:24.239
I was wondering if you had any work. 00:03:24.240 - 00:03:26.159
- What kind of work? - Behind the bar, anything. 00:03:26.160 - 00:03:29.639
Ask the missus. She's out the back. 00:03:29.640 - 00:03:32.079
Got a place to stay? 00:03:32.080 - 00:03:33.919
I was planning on camping somewhere. 00:03:33.920 - 00:03:36.599
Got a tent? 00:03:36.600 - 00:03:38.399
No. 00:03:38.400 - 00:03:39.965
One meal per shift is provided, 00:03:43.240 - 00:03:45.759
rent's deducted from first week's pay, the loo's down the hall. 00:03:45.760 - 00:03:49.399