Age: 36

Profession: Youth Worker and Jungai, NSW

Jason is a strongly connected and respected community leader. A youth worker and former rugby player and coach, he’s spent his entire adult life immersed in strength, support, and resilience work. This affords him some key foundational tools for the emotional and mental challenge the Alone experience can often present.

Jason grew up camping, hunting, and fishing regularly with his dad from as early as he can remember. Early adulthood saw him connect with family and community on his mother’s country of Borroloola, where he spends time learning from Elders and family members and practicing traditional methods of hunting, fishing, and foraging. A proud Yanyuwa, Waanyi/Garawa man and Jungai, Jason hunts using a range of both modern and traditional hunting methods and equipment.

Currently settled in regional NSW with his wife and much-loved dogs, Jason has lived across Australia in regional and rural locations ranging from the hot, red dirt deserts of the Northern Territory to the cold alpine highlands of Tasmania. The isolated wilds of Te Waipounamu, Aotearoa are about to put him to a whole new test.