this show is awesome. Couldn't stop watching it once i started last night.

I want his recipes... can't find them on the webs though

What's that block of stuff he keeps in the wooden box? looks like a massive block of hash

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Craig66 said..

My best guess from google earth

Sssshhhhhhhhhh!!!! Don't spoil it. Loses the serenity when you find out how far it is from the nearest community.

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log man said..
What's that block of stuff he keeps in the wooden box? looks like a massive block of hash

Belachan. Shrimp paste.

If you read the credits you get an idea of what is happening. Safety officer. Food stylist. Sound. Logistics. All those cool antique cooking gadgets.

I quite like the slow TV element, and the comedy of his yoga attempts is good. Also his talking to the chooks and crabs is pretty funny.

Not sure I love watching a fat, hairy, probably smelly bloke. He's a bit annoying. His noble hunter thing is hard to believe. A long, lean dark woman in a wet sarong would be good.

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Gorgo said..

log man said..
What's that block of stuff he keeps in the wooden box? looks like a massive block of hash

Belachan. Shrimp paste.

Bummer.

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MikeyS said..

Craig66 said..

My best guess from google earth

Sssshhhhhhhhhh!!!! Don't spoil it. Loses the serenity when you find out how far it is from the nearest community.

We never really see him chow down on his creations, so maybe he was just a local restaurant, and waiting for the local Uber Eats guy to pick up the delivery each time?

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FormulaNova said..

MikeyS said..

Craig66 said..

My best guess from google earth

Sssshhhhhhhhhh!!!! Don't spoil it. Loses the serenity when you find out how far it is from the nearest community.

We never really see him chow down on his creations, so maybe he was just a local restaurant, and waiting for the local Uber Eats guy to pick up the delivery each time?

you cynical bastard!

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log man said..

FormulaNova said..

MikeyS said..

Craig66 said..

My best guess from google earth

Sssshhhhhhhhhh!!!! Don't spoil it. Loses the serenity when you find out how far it is from the nearest community.

We never really see him chow down on his creations, so maybe he was just a local restaurant, and waiting for the local Uber Eats guy to pick up the delivery each time?

you cynical bastard!

I hope you are not assuming that he was 'buying-in' the food I meant the opposite, that he was serving hand-crafted dishes to the local UberEats customers.

I for one was glad that we didn't see the scene where he made blackdog and praying mantis soup. Surely he did though. 'Hawk got your friend...', hmmm... I think there was some fried chicken that we never saw prepared... he was eying off the hawk's nest too, so that's a worry.

Totally contrived shxt imho. There was a cutnscene when henwas in the city and jt rained on him and the rain was fake. And itbwas so pointless. Slow arty bs. Only successfull because if the race card inreckon

^^^ I agree, but nevertheless enjoy the photography and the relaxing effect of the slow pace of it all. Think about it a little too much though and you start to see all sorts of ironies and incongruities which I'm not sure are all intentional or not. Amusing enough, either way.

Him: I'm taking the air-filter off to improve the engine breathing....show how blokey I am and how much I know about engines.
Me: Umm....you wouldn't do that on a beach if you knew about engines.

All those jars are going to go flying at the first hint of a decent wind that brings that shutter down on them.

That sheer white mossie net was a bit prissy. Couldn't he find a stinky piece of old hessian?

And what's he trying to prove by tossing the guitar out the door all the time?

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Totally contrived shxt imho. There was a cutnscene when henwas in the city and jt rained on him and the rain was fake. And itbwas so pointless. Slow arty bs. Only successfull because if the race card inreckon

Its art. Like, he's a film maker.....Took you a while but you worked it out.

As for your opinion that it's only successful because he's aboriginal, mate, IMHO you could take his advice and....

"Don't be a dickhead"

www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1738545219693/the-beach-dont-be-a-dickhead

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log man said..
What's that block of stuff he keeps in the wooden box? looks like a massive block of hash

Shrimp paste?

I'm enjoying it. The director of photography (or whoever it is that decides they need a drone shot at this exact angle, at this time of day, at this tide, with the guy just _here_, without lots of tyre tracks to show that they've tried to get the shot before and failed) is amazing.

It's different. And that's good.

Agreed about the air filter thing. Who does that? I mean you do it for 5 minutes to prove that the air filter is not the problem (it never is) and then you put it back.

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All those jars are going to go flying at the first hint of a decent wind that brings that shutter down on them.

I was thinking "How the fark do you transport that many glass jars in the back of a clapped-out FJ40 without breaking unless you've used a ton of bubble wrap?" I know. You use your special vehicle artistic licence.

Best not to analyse. Go with the spirit. I enjoyed it and hope that's what my retirement looks like, when it starts in 26 day's time!

Chicken down

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Harrow said..


All those jars are going to go flying at the first hint of a decent wind that brings that shutter down on them.

I was thinking "How the fark do you transport that many glass jars in the back of a clapped-out FJ40 without breaking unless you've used a ton of bubble wrap?" I know. You use your special vehicle artistic licence.

Best not to analyse. Go with the spirit. I enjoyed it and hope that's what my retirement looks like, when it starts in 26 day's time!

26 days.... lucky man

agree, just go with it.
Those that don't understand it never will

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Harrow said..
^^^ I agree, but nevertheless enjoy the photography and the relaxing effect of the slow pace of it all. Think about it a little too much though and you start to see all sorts of ironies and incongruities which I'm not sure are all intentional or not. Amusing enough, either way.

Him: I'm taking the air-filter off to improve the engine breathing....show how blokey I am and how much I know about engines.
Me: Umm....you wouldn't do that on a beach if you knew about engines.

All those jars are going to go flying at the first hint of a decent wind that brings that shutter down on them.

That sheer white mossie net was a bit prissy. Couldn't he find a stinky piece of old hessian?

And what's he trying to prove by tossing the guitar out the door all the time?

Take a chill pill , dumb fun is the best
Cant buy it .
Dumb fun , I'll be dead soon .

I don't get it.
I guess its just all you poledancers that are enjoying watching an over weight middle aged hairy dude cooking fancy food, then washing up.
Hey, if that's what you enjoy watching, that's cool, no judgement. Please enjoy.

Maybe it gives you hope ???????????????

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Imax1 said..Take a chill pill , dumb fun is the best
Cant buy it .
Dumb fun , I'll be dead soon .

The show is the chill pill. Sad I've only 2 to go.. shouldn't have watched 2 the first night.

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myusernam said..
Totally contrived shxt imho. There was a cutnscene when henwas in the city and jt rained on him and the rain was fake. And itbwas so pointless. Slow arty bs. Only successfull because if the race card inreckon

Nah, got to disgree strongly on that one. You could have had a 'blokey bloke' non-Aboriginal do the same story and it would be just as good. I am not sure there really was that much really playing on the aboriginality at all.

The could have done it with John Jarrat, but I am not sure he would be cooking chicken.

It was very slow though, so you really had to appreciate the other things other than the actor to really get something out of it. I hate movies with minimal plot, and this I started watching while trying to go to sleep, and surprisingly it actually kept me awake.

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Harrow said..
^^^ I agree, but nevertheless enjoy the photography and the relaxing effect of the slow pace of it all. Think about it a little too much though and you start to see all sorts of ironies and incongruities which I'm not sure are all intentional or not. Amusing enough, either way.

Him: I'm taking the air-filter off to improve the engine breathing....show how blokey I am and how much I know about engines.
Me: Umm....you wouldn't do that on a beach if you knew about engines.

All those jars are going to go flying at the first hint of a decent wind that brings that shutter down on them.

That sheer white mossie net was a bit prissy. Couldn't he find a stinky piece of old hessian?

And what's he trying to prove by tossing the guitar out the door all the time?

Now that I think of it, the wiring of the shock absorber to the axle had me yelling at the TV. That would hold for like 20 minutes. Shock absorber bolts take a huge load and you would get a short distance before coat hanger wire broke if you tied it with that.

Yeah, the mozzie net, yet he only saw one fly the whole time he was there? Unpossible.

i think there was meant to be some message with him and the guitar. Turning his back on it somehow despite him seemingly being a musician.

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myusernam said..
Totally contrived shxt imho. There was a cutnscene when henwas in the city and jt rained on him and the rain was fake. And itbwas so pointless. Slow arty bs. Only successfull because if the race card inreckon

Come on mate, no-one likes a dickhead.

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FormulaNova said..Nah, got to disgree strongly on that one. You could have had a 'blokey bloke' non-Aboriginal do the same story and it would be just as good. I am not sure there really was that much really playing on the aboriginality at all.

The could have done it with John Jarrat, but I am not sure he would be cooking chicken.

Funny, while watching last night I was also trying to think what Anglo Aussie could have done the show to the same effect. A lot of the skits on the Paul Hogan show featured similar ideas, albeit in a less cultivated manner.

SBS are re running back to back I believe 8.30pm Aus day

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FormulaNova said..Nah, got to disgree strongly on that one. You could have had a 'blokey bloke' non-Aboriginal do the same story and it would be just as good. I am not sure there really was that much really playing on the aboriginality at all.

The could have done it with John Jarrat, but I am not sure he would be cooking chicken.

Funny, while watching last night I was also trying to think what Anglo Aussie could have done the show to the same effect. A lot of the skits on the Paul Hogan show featured similar ideas, albeit in a less cultivated manner.

I doubt it. Because it needs to be a commercial success if a white person makes it. I bet that bloke is fat from the teet of aboriginal arts bursury's, grants etc The whole show screams federally funded aboriginal content (I guess many do but some aren't shxt).
Pretentious rubbish.

Actually, MUN. I personally know the guy. Ex de facto brother in law. He won best film at Cannes for "Samson and Delilah" Had another success a couple of years ago with "Sweet Country" If I remember rightly, going back 30 years, his graduation short film at the AFTRS was best in class. In other words, he has a good career record.
I don't know why he doesn't have a crack at making it in Hollywood for the big money he would get there. Probably prefers being a big fish in a small pond.

i stand corrected.

That doesn't mean that I don't agree that the couple of minutes I watched wasn't more than enough. One man in a beach shack, isolated except for a film crew, going fishing with a pet dog doesn't spark any interest in me.
I flicked over to watching Why Women Kill on SBS. Excellent black comedy.

Yeah, I came here to echo that sentiment as well.
I decided to make the fam watch the first episode with me, based on the recommendations here.
I thought, sounds great, a dude living off the land and sharing his experiences...
We made it through the first episode, just. Nothing about it made us want to watch the rest.

All through the ep we're sitting there saying- what's he doing/making?? Why is here there? Who gives a toss about him talking about a jacket he used to own?
Complete waste of time.