Daring Aussie completes his most difficult challenge yet
Australia's most daring wildlife enthusiast has completed his most difficult challenge yet.
Andrew Ucles, the self-styled Bear Grylls of Dapto, says his trek across Arnhem Land makes him the first person to have traversed the Northern Territory wilderness area on their own.
It's a challenge that broke his hand and sprained his ankle, but the internet superstar succeeded in his bid.
Andrew Ucles walked across Arnhem Land with his horse. Nine
Ucles, 29, walked the 568km from one side of Arnhem Land to the other, accompanied only by his horse.
The crossing took 42 days, and Ucles was hampered by a fire that destroyed his tent.
"Arnhem Land was a fear of mine. It's such a big landscape out there, and I guess the fear of being lost is something that always scared me," he told Today.
"Going in to tackle a landscape like that is one of my greatest fears, and I wanted to take it head-on."
Ucles said Arnhem Land isn't the flat plain that many Australians assume it to be.
"It was hills, it was escarpments, it was rocks," he said.
"It was treacherous."
Andrew Ucles is a well-known wildlife documentarian on YouTube. YouTube
Ucles found fame on YouTube with a series of dangerous and innovative wildlife stunts.
In one example, he caught feral rabbits barehanded by dropping red-bellied black snakes into their burrows and grabbing them as they ran out.
Andrew Ucles holding three red bellied black snakes and a tiger snake, which he uses to catch wild rabbits. Supplied
In another, he wrapped himself in the carcass of an emu to ambush some kangaroos.
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