Episode 1: Arnhem Land (Aborigines of Ngukurr, NT) Episode 2: The Wet in Port Keats (Northwest Northern Territory in the Wet Season) Episode 3: Desert (Desert Country) Episode 4: Prince Regent Gorge (Heart of the Kimberley)
The joy of this show was les's knowledge, humility and total respect for the bush, the indigenous people and pioneering settlers. A true asset of the Australian people. Respect sir from the old country. And thanks for the upload.
Brilliant series... I was still a serving soldier in 1988, and based in Brisbane when the first episode hit our screens... I'm also Aboriginal from Cairns in north Queensland... Much respect Major Hiddens... Hopefully I'll get to meet ya one of these days mate... Take care and be safe Sir.
@@nahyeahwhatsahandle... Good morning my Brother... We just love it in the top end... I'm from Yarry... I promised myself I'm gonna travel around Australia at some point. I would never go OS without seeing our own country first... Might get to have a few beers with ya one of these days... Take care.
I'd like to meet him too. But I'd really like to meet Syd Kyle-Little before he's gone. He's 101yrs old. Click the link if you don't know about him. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cER4D4Ttwds.htmlm45s
My brother and I grew up on this series and watched it every night it was on, he was an avid adventurer and would go off to do things and see countries I only dreamt of, the best I managed was farting about as an Army Reservist. It wasn't the same but I still had a good time Years later I worked with a guy who served in the Australian Army and he told me how Les would turn up in his rover and trailer to pick up his equipment, supplies and then bugger off into the bush He said that the higher-ups couldn't stand him because he'd turn up just as you see him in the series, in other words "Very un-military like in presentation" but there was nothing they could do because it was all done by the books and all sanctioned by the military as he was doing research for the military for living off the land, the series was just an added bonus for military recruitment He was a great guy And so is Les
When the Discovery Channel arrived in the Netherlands, this was one of their shows that was on almost every day, together with Rex Hunt's fishing adventures.. I have NO idea why they did, but as a kid it filled me with wonder about Australia.
Loved watching this growing up in Ireland . I now live in Australia and used to live in the bush and took on some of his advice and practised his skills . Slainte
I watched all his programs back in the day. It was hugely entertaining and informative. The real Australia will never have a better standard bearer than Les.
I grew up with this as a kid and was fascinated about Land Rovers , who would have known when I was 21 I joined the Army as a mechanic and after 25 years of service I ended up buying my own, I still hum the theme song in my head when I drive my Landy. Les's work ended up being used to make "snack pack" maps where one side was a toppo map and the back showed the bush tucker. Have a look for the Kimberly series by Les and it is amazing to watch as I spent a few deployments up there and have seen many places that were on the episode.
No matter how many times I've seen these, I can just zone out and watch em again and take in the sights and wish I was there... like the cascades at the end there.
The Legend that is Major Leslie James Hiddins! I never missed one of his episodes here in the UK and would always set the video to record it if I knew I was going to be out. Glad to see the Bush Tucker Man making a digital comeback!
Blast from the past...when I was a kid I remember our family would watch this whenever it was on ABC I think....back when you had about 4 channels to choose from on the TV
Dave Whitla... Yeah mate would've been pretty cool back then... But then Les was authorised to carry due to the nature of the job and the remoteness... Top series though.
33 years on it is my privilege to find another Aussie with a more professional approach. Intellectual, not sensational, not reeking of setup. Binging is a joy.
Parents had a Ken Duncan book given by my aunt and uncle who live there. Always been fascinated and these shows, along with Malcom Douglas, I could watch for days.
Oh my goodness, I loved this series when discovery played it over here in England, I hadn’t seen this for so many years I totally forgot about it, I just found it accidentally through searching some Ray nears survival documentaries, buzzing !
First up always have, and still love this TV series. Spent 17 years in the Army, and actually got qualified as an Army Survival Instructor The course was based on Les Higgins work (Btw got out in 2003.. you do the maths :P) But lol.. loved the leaches bit. What he didnt check, they used to crawl under your socks into your boots. Take your boots off at the end of the day, and socks just bloody, due to Leaches. Salt.. salt .. more salt :P After a few days, you just didnt care. They dont hurt... just weird :)
few genuine woodsmen left, and rarer yet, any able to produce a good tv show. if you know bush, you see, not 'feel or sense it,' you know he's real. big tell is pace, echoed in a calm awareness underpinning studiousness.
"to thine own self be true...," and environment's that you learn *in time.* knowledge, and they can seem to care for you, alpine & desert limits to swamps, estuary's to oceans, if you care to honestly learn, know. predicament of era.
Bear Grylls thinks he's tough. Les Hiddens roams around Crocodile Country with nothing but his balls and brains, giving real information and not only that, doing it all him self.
Fabulous show that I watched religiously each week and recorded each episode so I could watch it again. Thanks to RU-vid I can watch them all once more. Les inspired me so much that even to this day when I get to travel up north I’m always on the lookout for bush tucker. But it wasn’t just Les that made this show so successful, it was the photography and the background music that contributed to the uniqueness of the show and made it so entertaining.
He's made me rethink our early explorers. Kinda our modern day off grid backpackers/hikers. They just had the advantage of unknown territory to be explored (and therefore able to get investors to sponsor them 😁)
Absolutely love watching Les, never realised Australia was so productive. Given the way we have treated the aborigines I'm in awe of their willingness to share their knowledge and heritage, God bless them every one.
Native Australians have a use for basically anything in the outback really friendly people we met elders teaching the young who are sniffing petrol hooch most places don't have booze and kava in big amounts they teach them the ways to survive in the outback and the value of the elders teaching
Two of my favourite memories of back packing around Oz in an old Holden were driving to the Gulf of Carpentaria and finding people living there in shacks on the shore line, loved seeing those mud skippers and mangroves. The other was the Daintree Rainforest...what a special place. What an incredible country Australia is. Oh and the Blue Mountains. Damn....Australia is a back-packers dream. I like this guy's hat...he looks like a wizard!
would love to see Aboriginal education on traditional ways with out white mans tools like axes and crowbars etc, using only stone tools etc, that would make for a great show.
Growing up back when i was a kid, when my dad bought a new satelit dish antena We cought the Australian Chanel and this show i love to watch when i was a kid back then
I'd love to watch this. But the resolution is like watching a small TV from 20 meters away while wearing sunglasses with a heavy rain falling. *It's just all blurry and you can't see much.*
What I like about old Les is that he lives off the land, but in a way that is somewhat "practical" compared to some of these modern day hosts who think being extremely "primitive" is the way to go. He utilizes modern technology "out there" while at the same time keeping their use at a minimum.
In television you rarely get a series that doesn’t become dated in time..This does not happen it’s still as good if not better the second time round aye…
Grew up watching Les/ bush tucker man he was one of my go for it in my head and joined the military and then another branch of the military we trained in northern Australia with the Australian D.A.S great bunch of fighting men on and remembering his advice he taught me so much on the flight over I read and re read of edible flora and fauna and the native way to get it I soaked the knowledge like a sponge Les Higgins Vietnam hero and saver of countless lives a font of knowledge and a great man very few like him nearest to him is a Sgt in the British military and ray mears bear Grylls and others are eating bugs n raw snakes and flapping their gums when I was in the SAS or deltaforce bear Grylls was a SAS reservist and ooh look I'm eating raw snakes and rotting meat the vitamin c UK and USA and Europe stinging nettles packed full of bit c and protein cook up great and make nice tea TC from Marcus btw my surname it's not Drew happy trails to you all
all flora has a botanical/taxonomic name and a common name. Melaleuca(Myrtaceae) aka Tea Tree. Often the common name isn’t reflecting its genetic origins. An example is the Norfolk Island pine(A. heterophylla) which is not a true pine(Pinus)
Les is still working on cataloging his research, and provides area-specific bush tucker data sheets on his website, bushtuckerman.com.au, I strongly recommend checking out his site!
Those mudskippers got so big sharp teeth on them but taste lovely like mangrove worms taste like oysters and squid mixed best is the mudcrabs and stingray and mullet
