Alone Australia Season 3

Ten survivalists are dropped at separate, undisclosed sites across the West Coast Range wilderness of Lutruwita/Tasmania to begin the competition for a $250,000 prize. The premiere follows each contestant's first hours alone: scouting a campsite, unpacking chosen survival items, and sizing up the rainforest and buttongrass terrain around them. No one taps out in this opening episode.

• All ten Season 3 contestants are dropped into the West Coast Range within the same broadcast hour
• Contestants introduce their chosen survival kits and initial camp strategies

Still airing as part of the double-episode premiere, contestants race to raise a shelter or land a first catch before the calorie deficit of the wilderness starts working against them. Early differences in strategy emerge, with some prioritizing fire and shelter and others pushing straight into fishing and trapping. No tap-outs occur.

• First shelters go up across camps as contestants weigh warmth against time spent hunting
• Early fishing and trapping attempts produce mixed results

A strong early catch eases one contestant's hunger just as the initial adrenaline of the competition fades for the rest of the group, forcing several to rethink their food strategy. Matt Allwood, who had been eating consistently on eel and kept a tidy camp, finds the emotional weight of missing his wife and two young children back in Broome too much to continue, tapping out on day 16 as the season's first exit.

Out this episode: Matt Allwood (day 16)

• Matt Allwood becomes the season's first tap-out on day 16
• Contestants who leaned on fishing/trapping early begin pulling ahead of those still building

Eva Angophora, unable to land a fish after two weeks of trying, decides she cannot push past her hunger and voluntarily taps out on day 17. Meanwhile Ceilidh Marigold, who has built one of the most productive fish traps in the competition, begins suffering painful urination and other symptoms likely tied to drinking untreated lake water; the episode ends on a cliffhanger with a medic approaching her camp.

Out this episode: Eva Angophora (day 17)

• Eva Angophora taps out on day 17, saying she can't push past the hunger
• Ceilidh Marigold falls ill with suspected untreated-water infection symptoms, setting up a medical cliffhanger
• Tom Covell builds a one-handed paperbark shelter door and lands his first fish

With a wallaby carrying far more protein than any fish or bird catch, several contestants race to land one, with Corinne Ooms's net work putting her ahead of the pack. Ceilidh Marigold's illness is confirmed as an infection likely contracted from lake water, and on day 19 the medical team pulls her from the competition despite her having a reliable nearby food source lined up.

Out this episode: Ceilidh Marigold (day 19, medical)

• Ceilidh Marigold is medically evacuated on day 19 despite having fish access lined up
• Corinne Ooms takes an early lead in the season's wallaby-hunting push
• Contestants compare the calorie value of a wallaby catch against fish and small game

Food becomes abundant for some contestants while others go hungry, and several begin questioning whether to stay in the game. Yonke van Geloven, who has survived largely on foraged saw sedge, leatherwood gum, and berries and built an elaborate eel funnel trap, decides on day 31 that the experience has come to feel more like enduring a documentary shoot than pursuing her own survival journey, and taps out.

Out this episode: Yonke van Geloven (day 31)

• Yonke van Geloven builds an eel funnel trap with a door but no effective guide-in design
• Yonke taps out on day 31 after three weeks surviving mostly on foraged sedge, gum, and berries
• A widening gap emerges between contestants with steady catches and those still struggling

As one contestant's body begins showing signs of serious decline and another has to reckon with a difficult wildlife encounter, Karla Pound reaches her own breaking point. After a bout of food poisoning from foraged plants and repeated failures with her wallaby trap, she taps out on day 35, admitting the isolation and lack of stimulation had begun to darken her mood.

Out this episode: Karla Pound (day 35)

• Karla Pound taps out on day 35, citing lack of food and mental/emotional strain
• A wildlife encounter raises concern for one of the remaining contestants
• Early signs of physical decline appear in a contestant who won't tap out until a later episode

The remaining survivalists confront the physical toll of five-plus weeks alone as routine medical checks grow more consequential. Ben Grieger, who has gone without food since day 25 and grown increasingly unsteady, is found during a check-up to have dangerously low blood pressure alongside significant weight loss, and is medically evacuated on day 40.

Out this episode: Ben Grieger (day 40, medical)

• Ben Grieger is medically evacuated on day 40 after weeks without a food source
• Ben is credited as the first Alone Australia contestant to successfully make friction fire
• Innovation under physical strain becomes a season-wide theme this episode

With winter closing in, a stretch of heavy rain raises the lake's water level and threatens to flood the remaining camps. All four remaining contestants, Tom Covell, Corinne Ooms, Muzza James, and Shay Williamson, report escalating physical stress as the weather forces shelter reinforcement and rationing, though no one taps out this episode.

• Sustained heavy rain raises lake levels and puts shelters at risk of flooding
• The four remaining contestants all report worsening physical condition
• Shelter reinforcement and food rationing become priorities across all camps

Deteriorating physical and environmental conditions force the remaining contestants into hard choices about their future in the game. Tom Covell, who has lost roughly 21 kilograms and is reporting numbness and early frostbite symptoms in one arm, decides during a medical check that he cannot realistically push toward 70 or 80 days, and taps out on day 47 after four days without food.

Out this episode: Tom Covell (day 47)

• Tom Covell taps out on day 47, having lost roughly 21kg since the drop-off
• Tom reports numbness and early frostbite symptoms in his arm before leaving
• Three contestants (Corinne, Muzza, Shay) remain heading into the finale

Down to a final three, the season enters its climactic stretch. Corinne Ooms decides she has nothing left to prove after 70 days and taps out on her own terms, marking the moment by performing a song on a driftwood guitar she built during her time alone. Shay Williamson lands a career-defining catch, snaring a pademelon alive during rainfall when the animal's hearing was impaired, giving him a crucial protein boost heading into the endgame.

Out this episode: Corinne Ooms (day 70)

• Corinne Ooms taps out on day 70 after performing a song on a hand-built driftwood guitar
• Shay Williamson catches a pademelon alive by exploiting its impaired hearing during rain
• Only Muzza James and Shay Williamson remain after this episode

In the finale, Murray "Muzza" James, who endured roughly eight days without food after a major flood raised the lake level by around four metres, begins collapsing without clear cause and is medically evacuated on day 73. That leaves Shay Williamson, who is declared the Season 3 winner on day 76, the last contestant standing, breaking the previous Australian record for days survived and claiming the $250,000 prize as his wife surprises him at his camp.

Out this episode: Murray "Muzza" James (day 73, medical)

• Muzza James is medically evacuated on day 73 after collapsing twice within 200 metres
• Shay Williamson is declared the winner on day 76, breaking the previous Australian record of 67 days
• Shay's wife surprises him at his camp with the news that he has won
• Shay processes and cooks the entire pademelon he caught in the previous episode, including organs, for sustained protein