Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (2001–2018)

Glenn Robbins: Russell Coight

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• Russell Coight : Some of the animals are nocturnal, so the best time to see them is at night. Only you can't see them, because it's dark.

• Russell Coight : I never go into the outback without a decent supply of water, and the general rule for how much you'll need is three litres per day, per person, per man, per degree over 25 degrees celcius, per kilometre if walking on foot, in the winter months dividing it by two, plus... another litre... at the end.

• Russell Coight : I gained most of my vast knowledge of the outback from my father Russell Coight Snr, who taught me everything I know before he died from a combination of a self-inflicted axe wound, sunstroke, and snake-bite.

• Russell Coight : He was presented with a difficult decision: push on into the stretching deserts, or return home to his wife.

• Russell Coight : The difference between seeing someone and NOT seeing someone in the outback is 110 square kilometers. That's alotta land, and not many people. Depending on where you are within that land.If you're in a town, the numbers go right up.

• Russell Coight : The outback is a dangerous place and I should know, I've injured myself out there. All I have to say is two words. Be ware.

• Russell Coight : Out here, survival is the name of the game. Only it's not a game; it's deadly serious.

• Russell Coight : The cattle froze to death, which proved something of a setback - although it did make the muster considerably easier.