S02E06: The Red Centre: Australia | Ray Mears’ World of Survival

Duration: 29'04''

Synopsis

Ray Mears visits the Aboriginal people of the central Australian desert. He goes to Amata, where 500 Anangu live, and learns how they find water, hunt emu and dig for delicacies such as witchetty grubs and honey ants.

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