Outback Mike Survival and Adventure Podcast

I interview ABC journalist Erin Parke who spent years gaining the the trust of Robert Bogucki, whose edge-of-survival spiritual quest into the Australia outback sparked a international search effort …

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NSW National Parks have proposed expensive (in my opinion) new fees across the majority of campgrounds, which will price many Australians out of camping. In this episode I speak to former NPWS ranger…

Eric Philips is one the worlds most experienced polar adventurers. His 30+ expeditions to the North and South Poles, icecap crossings of Greenland, Iceland and Patagonia, and a childhood love of spac…

Facing suicidal thoughts and electro-shock therapy for severe depression, Bailey turned to adventure as a last ditch effort to manage severe mental illness. 5500km later, after walking the entire eas…

Hamish survived a category 2 cyclone in a 4m boat off the coast of the Northern Territory. The hairy escape from the sea was one thing. The overnight self-rescue mission another. I’m familiar with hi…

I chat with my life-long friend Andy about career paths that allow epic adventures in work time. Calling from a tent in Antarctica, he's halfway though a five-week expedition searching for meteorites…

I chat with seasoned hitchhiker Claudia about our best and worst experiences thumbing rides across the world. Including Canada, Alaska, Mainland USA, Middleast Europe, Russia, Asia, Iceland, Australi…

Jemima Robinson has run the Banff Film Festival Australian Tour for 17 years. She shares her top ten films and we explore what makes an adventure film great, ultimate tragedies and the effect of AI m…

Hiking the North Magnetic Pole, founding a survival tour company and winning the Alone UK TV series; these are some of the experiences Tom ponders when philosephising (I had to google that word) the …

Crossing the Gobi Desert on foot, mountaineering in Nepal, paragliding in Bolivia, Elise goes from one epic adventure to the next, squeezing the most from each finite year of life. Strap in, as she r…

How close can you camp to water and be safe? Is it safe to fish from the bank? I answer these and other questions with experienced northern fisherman and Youtuber Andy, from Andy's Fishing Wild Cook.…

Callie has been camping in the North American woods for the last 12 years... straight! Tragedy, the call of the wild and courage to commit to the unknown have shaped her differently. She is also one …

These tips come from personal experience with my own kids (from babies to teenagers) on adventures such as a week-long unsupported hike through remote Tasmania, a fourteen-day high altitude trek in N…

Lisa sailed solo around Antarctica (twice!). The third person ever to have done it, and the first woman, she broke the world speed record on the second attempt. Narrowly escaping death during a compl…

24 year old Tom built a plywood boat in his Brisbane backyard, shipped it to Peru and rowed solo back toward Australia across the Pacific. A totally authentic, epic adventure ensued until.... on the …