Bushwhacked!

- Season 1

(2012)

Heading to the tropical beauty of Heron Island, QLD, Brandon gives Kayne his next mission - to find sea turtle hatchlings and watch them take their first swim in the ocean.

Deep in the Lamington National Park rainforest in South-East Queensland Kayne faces his creepiest, crawliest mission yet - to track down one of the world's most deadly spiders - a Northern Tree-Dwelling Funnel-Web spider.

After speeding high off the ground down a zipline in the treetops of Liffey Forest, Tasmania, Brandon sets Kayne his next mission - to find a tiger snake in the wild. Kayne and Brandon both admit this mission scares them but they head off through the honeycomb tunnels of Mole Creek Caves. The boys learn about the dreaming story of the tiger snake from Hank Norton, an Indigenous consultant, and a tiger snake skin is burnt as a blessing to the Dreamtime. Next stop on their journey is a secret snake lab where they meet herpetologist Ian Norton and his team. Ian takes ...

Travelling through Cape Tribulation in far north Queensland on an amphibious truck, Brandon gives Kayne his next mission - to find a Cassowary in the wild. With only 50 birds left in the area, this won't be an easy mission.

Walking in the scorching heat through the heart of the Central Desert outside of Alice Springs, Brandon gives Kayne his next challenge - prepare a bush tucker feast to serve the Elders in the remote Aboriginal community of Papunya. The feast must include honey ants which Kayne has dug four feet underground to find.

Kayne soon discovers that riding a remote-control skateboard in the South Australian bush is the easiest part of his first mission as Brandon has set him a nerve-racking challenge - to go diving with Great White sharks! And as sharks are attracted to noise, Kayne has to beat box while under water to lure one in. Will Kayne complete the mission or will he chicken out?

Deep inside Kakadu National Park, NT, local rangers are keen to monitor a rogue saltwater crocodile - the deadliest reptile on the planet! Brandon reckons Kayne could help them out and enlists his mate to help lure a giant croc into a cage, anaesthetise it and then attach a satellite tag to the back of its neck. In this jaw-droppingly scary mission, will Kayne rise to the challenge and get up close and personal with this deadly reptile?

Brandon and Kayne travel to Seal Rocks, off the northern coast of NSW, where Brandon gives Kayne his next mission - to swim with Grey Nurse Sharks and take a photo of one. Seal Rocks is renowned for having one of the last colonies of endangered Grey Nurse Sharks - there's only about 400 left in the wild.

High above Melbourne doing 360 degree spins in WWII fighter planes, Kayne introduces Brandon to his home turf. During this episode the tables are turned as Kayne sets Brandon a mission - being involved in the rescue of three different animals which live in the big city.

On the farm, stockman Justin Hill puts the boys through their paces as they clean stables, learn to sheer sheep, test cows for pregnancy and show off their horse riding skills.