The Bush Tucker Man

Join us as we go bush in Australia's north with the original Bush Tucker Man! In episode 1, Major Les Hiddins of the Australian Army is heading to Arnhem Land, on a mission to record the many bush foods and medicines of northern Australia. Les travels to the closed Indigenous community of Ngukurr, where locals share some remarkable bush tucker secrets.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Richard Walker (1952 - 2022). Richard was a producer on the series for the ABC. Join us as we go bush in Australia's north with the original Bush Tucker Man! Continuing his work cataloguing bush medicines and food of northern Australia, Major Les Hiddins takes us across the Daly River and on to Wadeye on the north west coast of Australia's Northern Territory. Les relies on local Aboriginal knowledge, passed down from generations over thousands of years, to uncover the keys to survival in one of the world's harshest environments.

Join us as we head out bush in Australia's north with the original Bush Tucker Man! In episode 3, Les is in the arid zone demonstrating that it is possible to find food and water in the desert. You just have to know where to look!

In 'Bush Tucker Man: Prince Regent Gorge', Major Les Hiddins is helicoptered into Kimberley country in north western Australia. Hiddins retraces the steps of South Australian explorer George Grey, and locates an abundance of native bush tucker along the way - most of which Grey and his men would never have understood.

The Aussie survivalist discovers the secrets of the rainforests in Bloomfield, Queensland.

Les Hiddins travels to the west coast of Cape York where the first known sighting of Australia took place by Europeans.

Les Hiddins recalls an amazing story of survival in Queensland's gulf country

Les Hiddins joins a group of soldiers on an expedition into the Bush to learn first-hand about the survival techniques of Aborigines.