‘I was eating eel gills’: How a Kiwi trapper won Alone Australia

Surviving on worms: Alone Australia Season 3 winner crowned

New Zealander Shay Williamson crowned winner of Alone Australia Season three

‘I was eating eel gills’: How a Kiwi trapper won Alone Australia

Shay Williamson knows plenty about survival. But his time on season three of the reality franchise put him in touch with something new.

Shay wins Season 3 of Alone Australia

After 76 gruelling days in the punishing wilderness of Tasmania’s West Coast Ranges, Alone Australia Season 3 has crowned its latest winner: Shay, a 30-year-old professional trapper from New Zealand’s North Island. The quietly tenacious survivalist outlasted nine others in what became a record-setting season and a reminder of just how far the SBS brand has come in shaping premium unscripted storytelling with teeth. For SBS, this is more than jus…

Three pushed to the edge, but only one claimed victory in ALONE AUSTRALIA 2025

TV Blackbox Three pushed to the edge, but only one claimed victory in ALONE AUSTRALIA 2025 The third season of SBS’s Alone Australia has officially come to a close, with the final episode airing last night and wrapping up what became the longest and most physically demanding season yet. Set in the rugged West Coast Ranges of Tasmania (Lutruwita), the series followed ten individuals dropped into the wilderness with no modern comforts, each battli…

Shay Williamson wins Alone Australia 2025 and major cash prize

After a gruelling 76 days in the Tasmanian wilderness, the winner of Alone Australia 2025 has been revealed. Professional trapper Shay Williamson, who hails from New Zealand, outlasted his nine competitors with ease. He follows in the footsteps of 2024 winner Krzysztof Wojtkowski, who lasted 64 days, and Gina Chick, who won in 2023 after 67 days in the wild. Prior to beginning his experience on the show, Shay confessed to producers that he belie…