Who Is Tom Covell from Alone Australia Season 3? What Happened

Spoiler note: this covers Tom Covell's run on Alone Australia season 3.

Tom Covell was 33 years old and living in Wisemans Ferry, New South Wales, when he joined Alone Australia season 3, filmed in the West Coast Range of lutruwita/Tasmania for a AU$250,000 prize. Covell is a trained ecologist who was born without a right hand, and he came in with genuine expedition experience from prior trips to Patagonia and Antarctica, on top of being an expert fisher and trapper.

How his run went

Covell finished fourth, lasting 47 days. He caught five trout, ran an active trapline, and at one point drew the attention of a curious quoll near his camp on day 36, the kind of moment that stands out in a season otherwise defined by hunger and cold. By day 46, a routine medical check found he had lost roughly 21 kilograms since arriving, and he was showing lightheadedness and early frostbite symptoms. He was medically cleared to keep going, but chose to leave voluntarily rather than push further, telling producers the experience had humbled him. Full details on his run, alongside the rest of the season 3 cast, are on his contestant page and the season 3 hub.

Season 3's gear data for Covell was not fully sourced in our records, so we can't list his exact loadout with confidence. Given his fishing background, it's a safe bet that whatever line and hook setup he carried got heavy use; our gill net and general fishing line and hooks pages cover the category of gear most contestants lean on for a sustained catch rate like his.

Quick facts

Detail	Tom Covell
Season	Alone Australia 3
Hometown	Wisemans Ferry, New South Wales
Age at filming	33
Placement	4th
Days lasted	47
Exit reason	Voluntary, after roughly 21kg weight loss

Life after the show

As of mid-2026, Covell is reported to be an at-home dad who also works as a zoo educator and runs his own nature education business, leading guided safaris and building content for local councils around Sydney. He and his family reportedly keep a self-sufficient lifestyle at home, growing their own produce and supplementing it with foraged food and wild game, a fairly direct continuation of the skills that got him cast in the first place.

Covell's story is a useful example of how the show's medical checks work in practice. He wasn't pulled by the medical team; he was cleared to continue and chose to stop anyway once he saw the toll the weight loss and cold were taking on his body. That distinction between a forced evacuation and a contestant reading their own limits and calling it matters when you're comparing tap-out reasons across contestants, since the two situations look similar on a spoiler chart but reflect very different decisions in the moment.

For more on how weight loss and medical thresholds are handled during filming, our Alone rules page covers the safety protocols the production follows across both the US and Australian versions of the show. And if you're curious how Australia's prize structure and filming approach differs from the US seasons, the FAQ breaks down those differences alongside general questions about the franchise.