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Ray Mears Goes Walkabout: Desert

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BBC Two - Ray Mears Goes Walkabout, Desert

Ray Mears crosses the Australian desert, showing how to wring water from barren lands.

Ray Mears crosses the Australian desert, showing how to wring water from these barren lands and how travelling light is the key to success on such an epic journey.

Ray Mears is in desert survival mode as he follows in the footsteps of an unsung hero of Australian exploration, John McDouall Stuart, to find out how he became the first European to succeed in crossing this continent from south to north and back again. Ray shows how to wring water from these barren lands and how travelling light is the key to success on such an epic journey.

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Factual: Science & Nature

Survival expert Ray Mears follows in the footsteps of explorer John McDouall Stuart.

Survival expert Ray Mears follows in the footsteps of an unsung hero of Australian exploration to find out how John McDouall Stuart succeeded in crossing this continent.

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