Les Hiddins, the cricket star 🤠🗺️ | Bush Tucker Man | S2 EP6 | ABC Australia
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- In this episode, Les is summoned to Wave Hill in Australia's Northern Territory to participate in a cricket match with his old club. He travels through the Simpson Desert towards the Tanami desert, locating handy sources of food and water along the way.
'Bush Tucker Man: Desert Story' originally aired on the ABC in 1990.
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As an Ex Australian Soldier & Paratrooper, I have to say that I watched & loved every episode of Bush Tucker Man. Thanks Maj Les. Your a Legend, right up there with Malcolm Douglas & Jack Absalom.
Too bloody right mate, thanks too your years in infantry aswell mate.
Jack Absalom is boring as fuck though
Which regiment are the paratroopers?
I remember this episode about looking for water back when I was a kid
Paddy melon have a soft spot for me, although Id debate they smell like melon. A mate bought a set of rusty golf clubs for 5 bucks. Went out to a nearby infested paddock and practiced our swing. Could kinda chip the small ones, but being 14, soon devolved into shotgunning them at each other with a 9 iron n driver. They splat fantastic, the club just cleaves them into an arc of seeds n pulp with a sound a zombie movie Foley producer would be so happy with. Both covered in melon goo. His mum literally turned the hose on us because of the stank. Not the first time I'd have to be hosed down because the game we invented was horrifically messy.
As a fella who's driven through this country a crazy amount, and sings and writes songs about it, there's no one better than Les to showcase Oz..... absolutely tremendous, that!
So who thought he had real seagulls in the back?
I was thinking huh.. didn't expect someone like him to introduce a species to somewhere it doesn't belong.. then I saw them lmao
I was on a Gold mine north of cue in a Wa Summer when I watched a Sea Gull fly by.True.
They trolled us with the seagull noises every time he mentioned them :D
All he really had to do was throw a few chips on the ground and seagulls would magically appear
cheers from Canada. I grew up watching this on Canadian tv. this guy is a National treasure.
Well there ya go. Kinda surprised this was shown on Canuck TV. Seen a few comments from over your way mate. They are bloody classic though. Grew up watchin em down here in Aus too mate. Good to watch em again. I kinda remembered this one. 👎👎 (2 thumbs up from down under mate haha)
Ditto 🇬🇧
My son's in Australia and has been for 2 years, I've noticed that many of the young people who go there don't come back so I've braced myself for that. I can understand it from watching these programmes the lifestyle looks terrific.
I moved here from the UK 10+ years ago....
It happens, but it's a positive change for sure.
I wouldn't want to live anywhere else
Don't worry, mate. He'll be right!
Lmfao
This is absolutely iconic. The whole thing. Put this up on the main channel!!
Les Hiddens inspired me to travel to and all over Australia. A great place
Learned more in this then I ever did at school. Fast forward to 2022 & the camel population is @ 400,000 & getting out of control.
My favourite Australian, other than Kylie 😄
Hairy caterpillars ,,if you think I’m going to eat them you’ve got another think coming ,,haha
Hadn't seen this one. I've yet to see any other survival show that matches Les or Malcolm Douglas for depth and respect for aboriginal people and their traditional knowledge.
I agree/ The rest of them were blow-throughs. Both Les and Malcolm were/are the real deal, friends that'd drop in, whether they had a camera and show to shoot or not.
I'd modesty suggest trying to watch anything by Ray Mears - very respectful of local customers and a big believer in indigenous knowledge.
Basically everything he's ever done is survival TV gold.
Just brilliant. The high-point of Australian TV for me and many others.
Remember watching these when they were new. Les and an Army Land Rover and trailer. He got all over. You watch the modern equivalent now and they use a $80 000 4WD modified to the tune of another $40 000 or so because in showroom condition don't try leaving the black stuff. He carried the basics and showed us the bush. Used to love these shows and still do.
Classic one this! loved the cricket match and commentary, enjoying watching these again 👍☺
Apparently, every fungii on earth is edible at least once.
love the bush tucker man
Loved watching Bush tucker man here in the UK in the late 80s early 90s. Played on itv at a ridiculous time like midnight or something like that. Ray Mears done an episode of his survival programme with Les in it. Brilliant.
Didn't know if he even owned long pants 😁
LEGEND!!!
I've seen a rock hole west of charliville on a huge sandstone outcrop. I was told by the grazier that aboriginals made them by lighting fires then water to split the rock. The then pick out the pieces to about 2 m. Then in the dry the water seeps in and it keeps fupp in the dry. The one I saw, was in the dry and a rock cairn was nearby.
we're back on ! brilliant !🏜️🌄🌳🛻🤙😎 thanks ABC 📹🎬
haha seagulls! what a stitch up ! classic ! 🇦🇺
Two of my all time Hero's
Bush tucker man and Ray mears.
Would have loved to meet them both.
Now I'm too old and health not too good.
Ah well can at least watch them on U tube .
Great blokes
Fantastic stuff, really loved watching Les.
And all of those years of the show & les never encountered a DROPBEAR but then dropbears knew les had to be respected. 😉🐨
Aww mate, how good was that?! The big ass moustache that David Boon would be proud of... the country bumpkins up on the hill with cold frothies in hand ...and who could forget the cricket commentator with the whistling voice, sounding like ya grandfather after a strong cup-a-tea and a couple of scones! YESSSS **whistling** 😆😆😆
When all those cars rolled in at the end it was like something outta mad max 😂 quality 🍻
Wonderful
Love these episodes, love watching and just love this man. Cheers to everyone out there and be happy and safe
Awesome adventure and education
Greetings from south africa 🇿🇦 😀
The bloody seagull sounds had me there.
Only took 30 years to find this series. Love it. He paved the way for Steve Irwin the crocodile hunter. Can’t imagine anything better than watching the great game of cricket in the Outback with cold beer in the hand❤
Id say the Leyland Brothers were the originals (search youtube). But Bush Tucker took it to a new level.
Camels are now becoming a problem, they consume all the water at cattle station wells and then destroy the well trying to get more water - is this because the cattle stations are getting bigger or water is becoming more scarce?
classic commentary at the end by the man, the legend.
This is one of the best bush tucker man ever
Can see where the inspiration for Russell Coight came from
Anyone else notice he's wearing actual pants in this episode. 😂
Loved it....and great music..
22:25 that stick shadow trick. . . I'll have to go test that😁
Bush Tucker was a legend, and he still is
I love how the show starts out opening credits and owed to Harry Butler's in the wild
Good advertising for old Land Rovers.
Brilliant Les, I’m livin every moment. Thankyou brother
The Camel - A horse...perfected.
Love your vidios Les,you are a true blue Aussie.
Classic commentary, love it!
Loved the Glen Munro on the bonnet!
Crackin' stuff
The seagulls 🤣
Magnificent
Brilliant!😁
I think that the takeaway from this is to live your life in a way where you're so interesting that the ABC films an episode of a tv series about your road trip up north to play a game of cricket. Possibly more noble than leaving your mark on history
Bring back the short stubbies.
Quality stuff. Love the book he was reading too, and the game at the end.
🤣🤣🤣 those seagulls
What's the title of that book he is reading?
"McGilvray the game goes on" as told to norm tasker. (About the legendary ABC cricket commentator alan mcgilvray).
Hey ABC, are the "9 unavailable videos" hidden in this playlist becoming available soon? I'm very keen to finish all three seasons.
They are making us wait instead of just releasing the lot...
With the amber fluid flowing. Lol
We need more of the out back cricket
Going to Wave Hill and didn't mention the Wave Hill walkoff..that's a bit surprising
Not many people know and could be a hot topic
Les Hiddens - Champion and Legend
Great show
What type of nutcase just lays down on the floor and sleeps in the dark with no fire in the middle of Australia...lol.
It was the ground not floor.
A bloke who served and is use to it.
I did it loads of times
Someone who isn't a snowflake.
@@jayebuss5562 shame we have lost the true Aussie spirit