Who Is Tamika Simpson from Alone Australia Season 2? What Happened

Spoiler note: this covers how Tamika Simpson's season 2 run ended.

Tamika Simpson is an off-gridder and former police officer from Pomona, Queensland, and she was 51 when she competed on Alone Australia season 2 in Fiordland, New Zealand. Per her contestant page, that combination of law enforcement discipline and an already off-grid lifestyle made her one of the more grounded, low-drama presences in a cast of ten.

Why her run ended

Simpson lasted 53 days, finishing fourth, and her tap-out is one of the more values-driven exits the show has had. Faced with the choice of killing a goose for food or leaving with nothing, she chose to walk rather than take the animal's life. That is a genuinely uncommon reason to leave Alone, where most exits come down to starvation, injury, medical evacuation, or simply missing family, and it says something specific about where her personal line sat even a chance at a AUD $250,000 prize.

Detail	Tamika Simpson, season 2
Placement	4th of 10
Days lasted	53
Location	Fiordland, New Zealand's South Island
Reason for ending run	Unwilling to kill an animal for food

No detailed gear list from her season made it into this site's fully sourced records, so this profile sticks to what is confirmed rather than guessing at specific items.

Her decision looks even more distinct next to how the rest of the season 2 cast left. Third-place finisher Andreas Lundin pushed through to day 57 before his body forced the issue, having lost roughly a third of his starting weight. Fifth-place Rick J. Petersen left at day 38 missing his family, and further down the standings, several contestants were medically evacuated rather than choosing their own exit. Simpson is one of the only contestants in this site's records to leave on an ethical line rather than a physical or emotional one, while still outlasting six of the other nine competitors.

Life since the show

Simpson has spoken publicly about how mentally intense the experience was, describing the pressure of being alone with her own thoughts once the usual distractions of daily life were stripped away, and she has reportedly called the whole experience "the best holiday and free therapy session ever." As of mid-2026, she is reported to still be living off-grid in the Noosa hinterland of Queensland, with a life centered on permaculture and herbal medicine, which tracks closely with the off-grid background she already had going into the show.

Her decision to leave over the goose rather than push for a higher placement is worth keeping in mind next to other contestants who stayed through visible starvation, since it is a reminder that the show's placements do not always map neatly onto who "wanted it most." For the broader context of how the season played out, our contestant page on runner-up Suzan Muir and our winners roundup both cover the rest of that cast.

If you want the mechanics behind how tap-outs and placements are decided, the rules explainer covers it, and our FAQ answers the common questions newer viewers tend to have about the format.

Her background as a former police officer is also worth sitting with alongside that final decision. Law enforcement work tends to sharpen exactly the kind of clear-eyed judgment call she made in the moment, weighing a concrete, immediate cost (killing an animal she did not need to eat right away) against an abstract, delayed benefit (a shot at the prize). That she walked away instead of rationalizing the kill says something honest about how she operates under pressure, on camera or off it.