{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox television | image = Ray Mears Goes Walkabout.jpg | runtime = 60 minutes | creator = [[Ray Mears]] | director = John Miller, Ben Southwell | presenter = Ray Mears | country = United Kingdom | company = [[BBC]] | network = [[BBC Two]] | first_aired = {{start date|2008}} | last_aired = {{end date|2008}} | num_episodes = 4 | num_series = 1 | producer = | related = ''[[Ray Mears' World of Survival]]'', ''[[Extreme Survival]]'', ''[[Ray Mears' Bushcraft]]'' }} '''''Ray Mears Goes Walkabout''''' is a 2008 [[Reality television#Outdoor survival|survival television]] series hosted by [[Ray Mears]], showing Mears in Australia.

==Synopsis== Mears journeys through the wilderness of the Australian [[outback]] to learn about the people, the wildlife, and the culture. He is joined by Australian survival experts who enrich his journey and deepen Mears' understanding of Australian [[bushcraft]]. These journeys encompass many of the themes of Mears's world discovery: the natural world, [[Indigenous Australian]] culture, adventure, and survival.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

In episode 2 of the series, Mears met one of his heroes: [[Les Hiddins]] (aka "[[The Bush Tucker Man]]"), and they travel in [[Queensland]] together.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ray Mears Goes Walkabout, The Bushtucker Man |website=BBC |date=1 June 2008 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00byd8v |access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref>

==Broadcast== The series aired from 2008 on the [[BBC]] in United Kingdom, and was also shown on [[Discovery Channel]] in Canada, India, Italy, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Russia, and the United States. The broadcast version uses an updated Australian-themed take on the opening theme music to ''[[Ray Mears' World of Survival]]''.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

A book of the same title was released concurrently with the series.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{official|https://www.raymears.com/ }} *{{BBC programme}} *{{youtube|PEqax7gglGo|Ray Mears Walkabout - The bush tucker man: 4K upscale H.265}}, 1 Oct 2022.

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