This brand-new seven part series sees renowned bushcraft expert Ray Mears delving further into the outback. Ray travels across Australia to discover how the wildlife and people thrive and adapt in some of the planets last great areas of wilderness.
Part 5: Dampier Peninsula
Ray is up at sunrise on the rugged Dampier peninsula in North West Australia. Hes here to see a unique phenomenon – the incredible high tides that vary as much as 12 metres between high and low. He wants to find out just how much these wild tides shape the lives of the animals and people here. Ray explores the rough and heavily indented coastline of Dampier – if it was straightened out, it would stretch half way round the world!