0:00:02 > 0:00:04This programme contains strong language
0:00:04 > 0:00:06For many young Brits life has never been more of a struggle.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09There isn't really any opportunities, there isn't any jobs.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10They may be broke...
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Last of my money gone, going on a bet.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15I've never been in so much debt in my life.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18- ..stuck in a rut... - What's the point in getting up early?
0:00:18 > 0:00:20I haven't got anything to get up early for.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22..or just want more.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Two days a week I have to do this - digging shit out of a hole.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25But now...
0:00:28 > 0:00:30..they have the chance of escape.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Around the world there are manual jobs where young people
0:00:34 > 0:00:36can strike payday gold.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Definitely some good money to be earned.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39Sort of comes down to the individual
0:00:39 > 0:00:41and how much money do you want to make?
0:00:41 > 0:00:45The sky's the limit. You work hard, you're going to make the money.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48The catch - they're some of the toughest jobs on the planet.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Something's going wrong, if you panic you will die.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Today they would have cried like little bitches.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57They would have cried, like that there.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Now, young Brits in need of a cash injection...
0:01:02 > 0:01:04I'm not coming home until I have that money.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07..are being given the chance to earn the big bucks.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- Oh, why the- BLEEP- did I sign up for this?
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Most brutalist job I've ever done in my life.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16And there's no complaining cos we don't give a shit.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20And it could change more than just their bank balance.
0:01:20 > 0:01:21SHE SHRIEKS
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Who would have thought I'd ever be doing that ever in my lifetime?
0:01:24 > 0:01:27The question is, can they stand the pace?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Why is there guts and shit in here?
0:01:30 > 0:01:32I will shove a fish down his throat.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Or will the punishing world of manual labour...
0:01:37 > 0:01:38SHE VOMITS
0:01:38 > 0:01:41I can't handle this. It's hurting me.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44..send them screaming back to the UK?
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Ah! Rain!
0:01:45 > 0:01:49I just want to go home.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Meet Daisy, Laurence and Sian.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Three young people desperate to sort out their lives
0:02:06 > 0:02:08and their bank balances.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Right now, my financial situation...I'm, like,
0:02:11 > 0:02:13struggling a bit.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Dad's always putting money into my account but I think it's so important
0:02:16 > 0:02:19for me to go out and show people I am capable, like,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21I can earn stuff on my own.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24I don't need everything handed to me.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28There really is nothing worse than financial insecurity.
0:02:28 > 0:02:34And I owe a lot of money to my parents and that's humiliating
0:02:34 > 0:02:36because you feel the sense of failure
0:02:36 > 0:02:40and it's then that you lose your independence, your sovereignty.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- Is it white tie or black tie? - White.
0:02:43 > 0:02:49I'm basically in around £10,000 worth of debt.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52But I'm not actually working. I'm a bit of job snob.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I won't just do any job.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Now, in a bid to balance the books,
0:02:58 > 0:03:02all three are taking on a real job on the other side of the world.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Cattle ranching, Australian-style.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Watch him, watch him, he'll have a go at ya.
0:03:10 > 0:03:1414 hour days in the searing Aussie sun herding
0:03:14 > 0:03:18thousands of cattle over ranches the size of Wales.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21You pretty much come to work in a sauna all day,
0:03:21 > 0:03:22get dust flicked up in your eyes.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- and let flies bite the piss outta ya.- Covered in cow shit 24/7.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29And if they're not shitting on you they're running at you.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36HE MAKES NOISES
0:03:36 > 0:03:40Ever year young people from all over the world travel down under
0:03:40 > 0:03:43to start work on ranches across the Aussie Outback.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49In the tropical Northern Territories lies Waterloo Station,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52with 25,000 head of cattle.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56I haven't really met a cow. They chase you, don't they?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59They're not the friendliest of creatures.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02I've seen a bloke split from arsehole to breakfast.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I'm proper nervous about that.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07What happens if I die?
0:04:07 > 0:04:11You just have to have the right spirit. Be a little tough.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Oh, my God!
0:04:14 > 0:04:19With sweltering heat, swarms of flies, dust and noise,
0:04:19 > 0:04:21the yards are a working hell.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23BELL TOLLS
0:04:23 > 0:04:27But if you can survive you could earn some serious money.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30We pay very well.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Last year we had a first year
0:04:33 > 0:04:36working pretty much the whole season, six to seven months,
0:04:36 > 0:04:40and he saved 13,000. Which I thought was pretty impressive.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Hey, away, away, away.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Listen!
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Do your job!
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Head stockman Jacko always pushes his team to the limit.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Here Jacko's word is law.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56If you don't come here with the right attitude to work you won't handle it
0:04:56 > 0:04:59and you'll get told off.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Answering back, that's a no. That's definitely a no.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04I'm not very good with authority.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Someone tells me what to do, it makes me want to do the opposite.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11To deal with these powerful animals, cattle handlers must be assertive,
0:05:11 > 0:05:16quick on their feet, and prepared to get stuck in.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Chookas. What are they?
0:05:18 > 0:05:23Yeah, we had to let a couple go already. Just not used to the heat.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Is it warm? Oh, fantastic.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27This is going to be a vacation.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30We sacked a young fella cos he's come here with the wrong attitude.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Come here for a bit of a holiday
0:05:31 > 0:05:33and learnt that it was actually a bit of hard work.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37And his little heart didn't handle it and he had to go home.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Not here to baby anyone and if you're not willing to have a go,
0:05:40 > 0:05:41go home to Mummy's titty.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Here, even in a job as tough as this,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48the women graft as hard as the men.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51It's good, there's no difference between us. Look at my nails!
0:05:53 > 0:05:57I think appearance is so important, like, to look glamorous all the time.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59If you just watch me reach here,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02about to grab this tail at the rear end of this cow.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05And it's covered in shit and I'm covered in shit,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07so, yeah, it's pretty glamorous.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09I feel pretty.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Who wants any more? Smell of cow shit, fresh air, dust.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16You know you're alive out here. You know you're alive.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22If there was a God, this is his country. And this is cow country.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Moo, all the way. Certainly.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Our Brits just have 9,000 miles between them and the three weeks
0:06:38 > 0:06:42of gruelling work that could be the answer to their financial problems.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47After two days of travelling, armed with their working holiday visas,
0:06:47 > 0:06:51they arrive in sweltering 45 degree heat.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53So hot.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54I'm going to melt.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56SHE LAUGHS
0:06:56 > 0:06:58It's fun, though, it's like sunbed temperature.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03So I'm quite used to it. I'm not used to it more than 12 minutes.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Back home in Reading,
0:07:06 > 0:07:0918-year-old Daisy does have some experience working with animals.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14We are dying Tinkerbell pink.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16So she can be a pink Tink.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18She loves being pink.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20DAISY SQUEALS
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Oh, my God, Tink! Stop!
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Tinkerbell is one of Daisy's few responsibilities.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27You're so cute!
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Though there are limits.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32It's Mum's job to, like, do all of Tinkerbell's poo.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36And Dad's job to walk her. My job to love her.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37SHE GIGGLES
0:07:37 > 0:07:41And walking Tinkerbell isn't the only thing Daisy's dad
0:07:41 > 0:07:43does for his daughter.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46My dad is literally wrapped around my little finger.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50For my 17th birthday Dad wanted to get me a car and, like,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53I can't deal with, like, second-hand cars.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56So we got it, like, brand-new.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Then, like, I crashed it after two months.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01SHE LAUGHS Whoops.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Cost 2,000 to fix.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06And, as usual, Daisy's dad Paul picked up the tab.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08We all want the best for our kids.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12I mean, if you can't spoil your kids who can you spoil?
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Tink, come on.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Dad's love has even stretched to setting her up in business.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18One time I woke up and I was like,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21"Oh, I really want to do spray tanning."
0:08:21 > 0:08:24He was like, "I'll buy you the course, all the stuff.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26"I'm going to transform the garage into, like,
0:08:26 > 0:08:28"a spray tanning room for you."
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Cost a couple of grand and this is it.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32This is all my spray tan equipment in the corner.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34He painted it all pink.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Got a brand-new TV. Got, like, a sofa for it. So good.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42I've had my own business since I was 20.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46So, hopefully, she's picked up the entrepreneurial spirit.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Lasted about a month.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51I just got bored of spray tanning.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Daisy's never done a day's work in here life.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Tink, selfie.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59'She just cruises through life.'
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- Princess.- Princess. Mm.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04We look so cute.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07But now Daisy's had enough of being reliant on her parents
0:09:07 > 0:09:09and is determined to make a new start.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11# You're beautiful... #
0:09:11 > 0:09:15I think it's so important for me to go out and show people I am capable,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18like, I can earn stuff on my own.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21She does need that life experience.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25But manual labour, well, she's never been a worker.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26HE LAUGHS
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Look! Look how cute that is.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Before they can start work, Daisy, Sian and Laurence
0:09:35 > 0:09:38must head deep into the Northern Territory outback.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Waterloo Station is a three-hour drive from the nearest town.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51The ranch is owned by Dougal Brett.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Welcome to Waterloo.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55But with him out working the cattle
0:09:55 > 0:09:57his wife Emily is showing the new staff around.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- You need a hand with your bag? - Might be all right.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06- There ain't no snakes, is there? - Snakes?- Yeah.- Not really.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08What does "not really" mean?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11These are out staff quarters.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15- You get the big one. - Yay!
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Now, I'll show you bathrooms and washing machines.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Cos you're responsible for washing all your own bed linen
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- while you're here. - Is there instructions?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- What for, washing? - How to wash.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28You haven't washed before?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- Lots to learn, Daisy. - Yeah.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Come this way, give you a quick rundown.
0:10:34 > 0:10:40OK, so...put your clothes in. Put a scoop of washing powder in on top.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43And economy's fast, for rinsing.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- LAURENCE:- Quick question, when's the wake up call?
0:10:45 > 0:10:47You wake yourself up.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Just make sure you turn up for breakfast clean and tidy,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52ready for work.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Sian wastes no time in making herself at home.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Some people might be like, "It's really basic."
0:10:58 > 0:11:01But I don't think it's basic. It's got a bed. It's got...
0:11:01 > 0:11:04these things. Shelves.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07I'm not used to having, like, my own proper space.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Yeah, it looks like a proper little bedroom.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12SHE LAUGHS
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Back in London, with no space at her mum's...
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Oh, that sun's right in my eyes.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22..24-year-old sociology graduate Sian spends most nights
0:11:22 > 0:11:24on friends' sofas.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Haven't got anywhere permanent to live.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Haven't got a bedroom that I can say, "This is my room.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33"This is where all my stuff is." My stuff's in a shed at the moment.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34I would like my own place
0:11:34 > 0:11:37but it's just...I can't see it happening any time soon.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41Obviously with not working, can't afford it.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43I wouldn't even say I've got a financial situation.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46I don't actually have anything.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Despite being massively in debt,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Sian won't take just any job.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54There are certain things that I wouldn't...
0:11:54 > 0:11:56I can't do it.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00It's not even that I won't do it, I just...I can't do it.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02"Cleaner..." I'm not doing cleaning.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Maybe if you just get any job for now,
0:12:04 > 0:12:06just to help to clear your debts.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09'The debts that she's in would terrify me.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12'I don't think I'd be sleeping at night.'
0:12:12 > 0:12:14But for Sian it's just...
0:12:14 > 0:12:16She just brushes it off.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19I ain't spent loads of money on a degree to wash dishes.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20At least you'd have some money, then.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24One, two, three.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Cattle ranching down under could be Sian's way out.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32But getting her to knuckle down won't be easy.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35She just needs a kick up the arse. I think she needs a beat with a stick.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38She needs to be beaten cos if you push her she'll hate you for it
0:12:38 > 0:12:41but she'll come through it cos she's stubborn.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46I hope she comes back being a more responsible, mature adult.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Haven't got much hope.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Maybe these Australians are more tougher than what they first seem.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- Who knows? - SHE LAUGHS
0:12:57 > 0:13:02Back in Australia, Jacko's team is hard at work in the station yards.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03Here.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07For the last year these cows have been free ranging out in the bush.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Now they've been herded up and the team is weighing them
0:13:10 > 0:13:11so that they can be sent to market.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14I'm literally dripping.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18In order to meet their new workmates, Sian, Laurence and Daisy
0:13:18 > 0:13:22will need to make their way through the pens full of cattle.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25No, I can't, I can't do it.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Oh, my God, I can't! I can't, I feel sick.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30Moo.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Laurence is straight in through the gates.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Moo-moo.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- Come on. - No, I can't.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Wait, Laurence.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40But for Sian and Daisy the size and number of the cows
0:13:40 > 0:13:42is proving to be...
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- They're going to kick. - ..problematic.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46SHE LAUGHS
0:13:48 > 0:13:50- I can't do it. - Proper boisterous.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54These cows are scary. They're not like English ones.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58With a wall of cattle between them and their new workplace...
0:13:58 > 0:14:03Cecile, one of the other seasonal workers, has to step in
0:14:03 > 0:14:07and deliver the girls safely to their new boss Dougal.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09How you going? Dougal. - Laurence.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Hi, I'm Sian. Nice to meet you.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- I'm Daisy.- Hey, Daisy. Nice pants.- Thanks!
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Bit pink. Welcome to Waterloo.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21This is pretty much going to be your workplace for the next three weeks.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Here and 2,000 square Ks out there.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Today we're flat out, getting cattle ready.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- Do they, like, charge towards you? - A few of them do.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- Do you have to stand your ground? - I wouldn't stand your ground.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34They've got about 200 kilos on you, so they're going to win.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37DAISY: How long does it take you to get used to them?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Depends how much...
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Well, every person's different but by looks it might take you a while.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44THEY LAUGH
0:14:44 > 0:14:46All we ask is to just try.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Just try and that's how you get people's respect,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52just trying and sweating. You don't get respect by buying it.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Just ask heaps of questions and we'll look after your safety.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59- Can I ask a question quickly now? - Yeah.- They've got the horns still.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02I know they're little but can they still stab you through your skin?
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- Yeah.- Oh, there's a fly. - We got heaps of flies.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Will we actually have to get in the pens with them
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- a lot or just a little bit? - Probably a lot. OK?
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Heifer!
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Before their first shift,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20the new staff must change into their work clothes.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24But going back to their rooms means going back through the pens.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Daisy, what do we do?
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- Just come this way.- Oh, shit. - Come through here.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41I hate screaming in the yards and they're already doing it, so...
0:15:41 > 0:15:43They'll work it out.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48Having escaped the yards, Laurence has a question for his new employer.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51The question I asked was whether you expect anything different from me
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- being the only boy? - Big time.- Oh, no.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- You can get kicked. - Charming.- And rolled.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59You're the male in the group, mate, you gotta take it.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- But you're looking a bit hot. - It is warm.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08St Andrews University in Scotland. Members include Prince William,
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Kate Middleton, and now 19-year-old Laurence,
0:16:12 > 0:16:16who, despite what you might think, is very short of money.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19I'm studying history and management.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21It's very ironic that I do management
0:16:21 > 0:16:25because I'm not particularly good at managing my own finances.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Mixing in the circles to which Laurence is accustomed
0:16:28 > 0:16:31requires plenty of ready cash.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Yes, I have a bit of a lavish lifestyle.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36But didn't St Augustine say that,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39"Oh, God, let me be good but not yet"?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Laurence loves balls.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44He doesn't like to turn down any invites for a party.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47He loves a good time and he doesn't ever want to miss out on that.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50If you want to, you can go to a ball every weekend.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55Laurence's love of the high life has landed him in some very deep water.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Recently, it ended up losing him his part-time job.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01I decided to, in a slightly drunken stupor,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04to fly off to Austria for a party there.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05I said I had the runs
0:17:05 > 0:17:08as an excuse for not going to work.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11And... Well, I got busted.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13My father phoned me and said,
0:17:13 > 0:17:16"Laurence, we're ashamed to have you as our son."
0:17:16 > 0:17:20- So my parents cut me off completely. - What...?
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Laurence's disappointed parents drastically cut his allowance.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28The money he gets now barely covers his costs.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31It's hard to get by on a student's allowance.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33There's nothing there to catch me if I fall,
0:17:33 > 0:17:39so I really need to find a financial rock to hold myself on.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42With his parents living thousands of miles away in Costa Rica,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Laurence spent much of his childhood at boarding school or being
0:17:45 > 0:17:49looked after by close family friend Auntie Penelope.
0:17:50 > 0:17:56These rough-and-ready types out in Australia, they are pretty brutal.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59He's not really butch enough.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Have you learnt any self-defence?
0:18:01 > 0:18:05He hasn't that got that burley, "Right, you tackle me
0:18:05 > 0:18:07"and I'll tackle you" sort of effect.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10By taking on a job like cattle ranching,
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Laurence is determined to prove that he can fend for himself,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16and that appearances can be deceptive.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19My first impression is that I'm this awful stuck-up monstrosity
0:18:19 > 0:18:23strutting about, but that really isn't me.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I hope people don't think that.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27I'd like to show them that I'm not.
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Beautiful. Beautiful.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Back at the ranch, the new recruits are ready for action.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Whoa. Fucking hell!
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Are they too scared to actually charge at me?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45These might be the nasty ones.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48But the last 20 metres of the commute to work
0:18:48 > 0:18:50is just as difficult as last time.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Sam! Take her round that way.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00You right to get some shit on your hands?
0:19:00 > 0:19:04- Huh?- You right to get some shit on your hands?- Yeah.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Laurence, you can go with Cecile.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Sian, you can go with Sam.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Daisy, you start here with Alice.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Don't stand around and let them do all the work. Jump in and have a go.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Work in the yards depends on keeping a steady flow of cattle
0:19:20 > 0:19:22moving through a series of pens...
0:19:24 > 0:19:27..along a narrow channel called "the Race"
0:19:27 > 0:19:31and into a weighing machine known as "the Crush."
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Oh...
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Daisy's job is simply to keep the cattle moving along the Race.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37Come on.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39SHE SQUEALS
0:19:39 > 0:19:41They keep turning round.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46What do I do with this stick?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Sian and Laurence, however, are out in the pens.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Oh, my God!
0:19:51 > 0:19:55It's their job to keep the system supplied with fresh cows.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58We move them from pod to pod, up, and through the Race.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00But if they try and charge at me you're going
0:20:00 > 0:20:02- to jump in front of me, aren't you? - Christ!
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Oh, he don't look nice. Looks like he's going to head butt me.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Can you wait? Wait, wait, wait. Please, wait.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- What if they started charging at me? - They won't.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12No, that one is, look.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Oh, no, I'm scared. Can you wait for me, though?
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Cos I don't want to do it on my own.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22I'm getting ready to literally put you in front of me.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26But to do their job properly they need to get off the walkways
0:20:26 > 0:20:27and in with the cattle.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29I can't do this.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Whoa! Fuck.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Sian does everything she can to stay out of the pen
0:20:41 > 0:20:42and away from the cattle.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45I fucking hate this. Oh!
0:20:45 > 0:20:47While in Daisy's section,
0:20:47 > 0:20:49the cows are moving...
0:20:49 > 0:20:51but they're going backwards.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53They've turned around.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57The Race gets wider there, so they have enough room to spin.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Oh, God.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Ohh!
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Laurence is the first of the three to venture into the pens.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13But he's struggling to stay there.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15DAISY LAUGHS
0:21:15 > 0:21:17DAISY: Sian, did you see Laurence?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- Huh?- LAUGHING: He got charged at!
0:21:21 > 0:21:23He's so funny.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26This is roaring good fun. A lot of adrenaline,
0:21:26 > 0:21:29and the sweat is pouring out like there's no tomorrow,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32but when this thing's charging at you, they look quite insignificant,
0:21:32 > 0:21:36but it does get the old heart going.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39So it's rather good fun. I'm going to go poke at them a bit more.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45After an afternoon's work with three amateurs slowing his team down,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47the supply of cows has dried up.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53We've run out of beef. Someone's about to get yelled at real quickly.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Oh, my God, he's foaming at the mouth.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57Hey, Sian!
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Yo, Sian, if he runs, you run.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05Oh, God, I don't know what to do.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- Go and close that gate. - Down there?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12I've already got in trouble. Jacko shouted at me.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14I don't think I'm going to get away with anything here.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16SHE LAUGHS
0:22:24 > 0:22:27With the cattle station being miles from civilisation...
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- Have a drink? - Yes, I'll have a beer, please.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34..if you want to relax, it has to be in the work's bar.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36With your boss.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- Are you a patient person?- No.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41DAISY: Oh, God.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44I'm patient if people are having a go. I get impatient when people say,
0:22:44 > 0:22:48"I can't do that, I don't want to do that."
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- OK. I don't think I'm going to last three weeks.- You're already saying,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53"I can't, I can't." We don't have "can't" here.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- Do you have any days off?- You'll get one day off in three weeks.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Oh, for fuck's sake.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02- Hey, hey, swearing.- No swearing. - Dollar.- Where's the jar?
0:23:02 > 0:23:05'I think that Sian's going to be the one that'll really
0:23:05 > 0:23:06'test our boundaries.'
0:23:06 > 0:23:10And is probably, in a nutshell, she's never earned
0:23:10 > 0:23:12people's respect in the workplace.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15I actually, after meeting all three of them,
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I think we're in for a challenging three weeks.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Today, over 700 head of cattle are being moved out of big pens,
0:23:28 > 0:23:32through the Race, and into a dip of insecticide that'll kill
0:23:32 > 0:23:34parasites on the cows' skin.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Be extra careful in the mud cos you'll slip over
0:23:37 > 0:23:39and a cow might go over the top of you.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45Berky, pull your finger out your arse! You're with Daisy.
0:23:45 > 0:23:46Oh, no, look at 'em.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Oh, I'm already muddy.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54Cow!
0:23:55 > 0:23:59This is Daisy's first taste of being inside a pen...
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Fucking hell.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03..and Jacko isn't impressed.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08It's unreal. She must never have seen a real big animal in her life.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Different worlds, different worlds.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Eye opener for me, eye opener for them.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Daisy, stay close to Berky.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20He's your knight in shining armour today.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22- Just walk on.- You don't have to hold my hands or anything.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24HE CHUCKLES
0:24:27 > 0:24:29I'm only confident when there's like a fence near me.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Fuck this! Oh, my God.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35SHE GIGGLES Hope for the best...
0:24:35 > 0:24:36and not get smoked.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Are they gone?
0:24:40 > 0:24:44'Smoked is like when a cattle charges at you and knocks you over.'
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Scary stuff.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48Oh...
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Laurence, meanwhile, is staying in the pens
0:24:52 > 0:24:55and starting to pick up the basics of cow control.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59- Come. - HE WHISTLES
0:24:59 > 0:25:00HE WHISTLES
0:25:00 > 0:25:01King of the cows.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08But Sian is less happy,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11and, after struggling with the cattle all morning,
0:25:11 > 0:25:13takes her problems to the man in charge.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15I feel like my fear is getting worse.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18The more I'm seeing them, it's getting worse.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21That's cos your sitting on the rail. If you get in there and have a go...
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Look at ol' Laurence. He's having a dig.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Can you not see I'm actually trying?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27It's not like I'm going, "Do you know what? I'm not walking.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28"I can't walk back in there."
0:25:28 > 0:25:30No, I'm still trying to go back in there.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32I actually thought I was about to have a panic attack earlier.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34I was proper shaking and everything.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37If you get hurt, I'll let you stay, you won't go nowhere near them.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- But you've got to show me that... - So I've got to get hurt to not...
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- You can tell me, you can go, "I told you so."- That don't even make sense.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- It really don't.- Well, you might as well not be here then.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52I'm so angry I just want to head-butt him so badly.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54It's really pissing me off.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58I just managed to, like, bite my tongue then.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Normally I would have like proper argued back
0:26:01 > 0:26:02and, like, proper had a go back.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07I'm so, like, stressed now that I can't say what I want to say to him,
0:26:07 > 0:26:08and I had to walk away.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09I don't know how I just managed that.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Oh, my God.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Back home, Sian very rarely bites her tongue or walks away.
0:26:20 > 0:26:25I worked in that shop and I got sacked cos I was so outspoken.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27I told the area supervisor, or manager, whatever he was,
0:26:27 > 0:26:29that I could do his job better than him.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33I don't like authority. I'm not a big fan of it.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37'I just don't see that I should do what other people want me to do.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39'My mum don't agree with me.'
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Everybody has to start at the bottom and then work their way up.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Not me. I might as well just be a tramp.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Despite being sacked from a series of jobs,
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Sian refuses to change her attitude and ignores all advice from her mum.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Sian's not prepared to listen to other people and their opinions.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01And for Sian, there is no-one else to rely on.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03'My dad's not around in my life.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07'He hasn't been now for...six years.'
0:27:07 > 0:27:09As far as I'm concerned, he can jog on.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12So this is a butterfly.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15A butterfly that didn't exactly change properly,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17cos it looks more like a caterpillar.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19'At first, I was a bit, like, lost, like,
0:27:19 > 0:27:21'"Oh, shit, what happened there?"
0:27:21 > 0:27:25'And now he ain't my dad. He can't be my dad.'
0:27:27 > 0:27:31It's not affected me in a real dramatic way.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36But, on the other hand, I do need that kick up the arse.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40I do need someone to literally put a boot on and boot me,
0:27:40 > 0:27:44and be, like, "Right, you need to sort your fucking life out."
0:27:49 > 0:27:52It's only my second day here. I can't get sacked yet.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Room for improvement. Room for a lot of improvement.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01You've got to be trying, otherwise there's no point being here.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Sink or swim tomorrow.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04COW MOOS
0:28:06 > 0:28:10I think I might deserve a shower. I hope everyone else agrees...
0:28:11 > 0:28:14..before I choke on the dust that I inhaled.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16WATER RUNS
0:28:16 > 0:28:19I don't think I've ever swallowed so much dust in my life.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20WATER STOPS RUNNING
0:28:20 > 0:28:22It's been a tough day,
0:28:22 > 0:28:25and for Daisy, the challenges just keep on coming.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Regular wash...
0:28:28 > 0:28:29and then...
0:28:29 > 0:28:31I can't remember what temperature.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Then you press that. Start.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37I've never had to, like, do anything for myself before.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40The only thing I've had to do for myself is, like, wake up.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42I'm not even very good at that.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Tomorrow the rookie cowhands are in for the shock of their lives.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52They'll travel to a different set of yards set deep in the bush
0:28:52 > 0:28:56where the cattle are even more difficult and dangerous
0:28:56 > 0:28:57to work with.
0:29:01 > 0:29:06At Yankee Yards, big bulls, tiny calves
0:29:06 > 0:29:08and their very protective mothers
0:29:08 > 0:29:12create the most dangerous combination of stock
0:29:12 > 0:29:14an Aussie ranch hand encounters.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16No shade out here. They don't like you getting too close.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18They'll put you up the rail.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21A lot of sweat, a lot of tears.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Yeah, you'll break a few people here.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Damn, you little shit!
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Once again Daisy is put to work on the Race,
0:29:33 > 0:29:37while Sian and Laurence drive the cows through the pens.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Whoa, fuck.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43But while Laurence learns to stand his ground inside the pen...
0:29:43 > 0:29:44Woof!
0:29:44 > 0:29:45Hey!
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Woof!
0:29:47 > 0:29:51..Sian is staying firmly on the outside of the fence.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Shall I shut the gate?
0:29:53 > 0:29:55You've just got to get in and have a go.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59For some people it's still a hard concept to comprehend, anyway.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Do you mind just standing there, just at the gate?
0:30:05 > 0:30:07It keeps swinging open.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09- Stand there at the gate, behind the gate?- Yeah.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12Well, what if they head-butt it, like that one's going to?
0:30:12 > 0:30:13You just stand back a bit.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15I'm sweating, I'm so scared.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18I don't think they like my accent.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Sian, get over and come off your rail.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Jacko's patience is wearing thin.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- What am I doing? - Do you want to be in or out?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30I'm giving you two options. Pick one, right now.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34If you're going to stay out here, you run all day.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38No walking. I want you to run all day if you're going to stay out.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40If she's standing still, jog on the spot, keep running,
0:30:40 > 0:30:42cos that's an excuse now.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Now you're working three steps below everyone.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Are you going to be in there or out there? Pick one.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Quicker! We don't waste time here.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53- All right, I'll just pick... - In or out?
0:30:53 > 0:30:55- GLUMLY:- In. - Pick one and do it.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56I just said "In"!
0:30:56 > 0:30:58SIAN GRUMBLES
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Faced with Jacko's ultimatum...
0:31:03 > 0:31:04Fuck.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08..Sian must decide whether she can confront her fears...
0:31:08 > 0:31:09Fuck that.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13..and get into the pen.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29Oh, shit.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Right, can you wait for me a little bit, please?
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Oh, shit.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52Oh, fucking hell.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53Fuck.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Oh.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01Next one?
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Yeah, I just jumped in.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07I'm sweating, I'm so scared.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11I don't know why I was so scared. I feel sick and everything.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12Oh, my God.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14Right, I've got to go back,
0:32:14 > 0:32:18cos otherwise he's going to start moaning at me.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Oh, do you want to get that one out of the way?
0:32:23 > 0:32:26People, you work them like cows.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29Little thing with Sian, you gave her two options - out or in.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33She'll come good, she's just got to stay with it.
0:32:33 > 0:32:34She'll come good.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39With Sian joining Laurence and the rest of the team in the pens,
0:32:39 > 0:32:43it's only Daisy who has never ventured into the danger zone.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47I'm forgetting they're behind me. They're everywhere.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Now that only one worker is holding him back,
0:32:49 > 0:32:53Jacko and his team quickly work through the last of the cows,
0:32:53 > 0:32:54all in searing 40 degree heat.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Yeah, look, they're holding their line.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11By the end of the day,
0:33:11 > 0:33:15all the cattle are loaded on to road trains and on their way to market.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19HORN SOUNDS
0:33:19 > 0:33:21I'm sweating.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23I'm sweating like a pervert outside a brothel.
0:33:25 > 0:33:26Yous done really well today.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29I think yous all done really well, especially you, Sian.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31You've pulled your finger out, mate. It was good.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Cheers, mate.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36I think I needed Jacko to be, like...
0:33:36 > 0:33:39how he has been, like, moaning at me.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41I was like, "Oh, I can't be bothered with this."
0:33:41 > 0:33:44I came here to try and stop arguing back,
0:33:44 > 0:33:47so he's forced me to get over being scared of them.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49You never know, next week I might really like him,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51he might be my best friend.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Kiss my arse.
0:33:54 > 0:33:55SIAN GIGGLES
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Tonight, after her hard graft in the pens,
0:33:59 > 0:34:03waiting for Sian is a nice cold tinny.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Here she comes. She needs a beer.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08We got there in the end. We did actually manage to do it.
0:34:08 > 0:34:09Good on you.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11- Do you feel good about it? - Yeah.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14You do, don't you? I can see it in your face, mate.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Your mouth's up here now cos it's smiling.
0:34:17 > 0:34:22You're starting now to get the farmer's tan, which I like.
0:34:22 > 0:34:23And you're bruising up. Look at that.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Look at that.
0:34:28 > 0:34:29'It's weird.'
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Dougal is like a proper combination of like strict,
0:34:32 > 0:34:36but like he's got that proper nurturing dad side to him.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38I just don't know how to deal with it.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41I haven't had that in a long time, so it's weird.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Today with the yard temporarily empty of cattle,
0:34:53 > 0:34:56it's time for a spot of DIY on the ranch.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00Laurence is working with Jacko fixing fences.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02So what do you reckon so far, Laurence?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04I'm just glad I survived this far.
0:35:04 > 0:35:05So if you'd never come here
0:35:05 > 0:35:07would you have ever done any labour like that ever?
0:35:07 > 0:35:10I don't think so, realistically. Never done it before.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Would your mum and dad be proud of you, do you reckon?
0:35:13 > 0:35:18- I hope so. I don't see them for another half year.- Why not?
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- They're far, far away in Costa Rica. - Holy dooley.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25- Did you go to boarding school as a kid?- Yeah, yep.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28- So you weren't home much then either. - No.
0:35:28 > 0:35:29But I think it was good for me -
0:35:29 > 0:35:33discipline, a bit of experimentation.
0:35:33 > 0:35:34What were you experimenting with?
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Sex, drugs and rock and roll?
0:35:36 > 0:35:38- A spot of that here and there.- Yes!
0:35:38 > 0:35:40What did your mum and dad say
0:35:40 > 0:35:42when you said that you were going to do this?
0:35:42 > 0:35:44They were just afraid that it would turn out to be
0:35:44 > 0:35:46another embarrassment on my part.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Why, have you embarrassed them before?
0:35:48 > 0:35:51- A couple of suspensions. - Oh, true, what for?
0:35:51 > 0:35:56- Alcohol.- So you're like the black sheep of the family?
0:35:56 > 0:35:59- I guess so.- Nice! - Even worse that I'm the only child.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01'I think his mum and dad drive it into him a fair bit.'
0:36:01 > 0:36:03I'd hate that sort of pressure.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06'They've had you for a reason - the enjoyment of having children.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09'You don't... You always want to make them proud,
0:36:09 > 0:36:13'but you don't owe them the sort of things that he thinks he owes them.'
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Trying to live up to those expectations
0:36:15 > 0:36:18has been a recurring theme throughout Laurence's life.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23I do feel that my parents have done so much for me
0:36:23 > 0:36:27and I haven't really been able to return the favour.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29'I've just sponged off them. I'm like a leech and a parasite,
0:36:29 > 0:36:32'which is not my ambition in life.'
0:36:33 > 0:36:36You're saying you want to prove yourself to your parents,
0:36:36 > 0:36:38who are both very capable.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41I think your father's quite a hard one to live up to.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43'There's a certain expectation that,
0:36:43 > 0:36:46'my parents having distinguished themselves in their own fields,'
0:36:46 > 0:36:49that I live up to that.
0:36:49 > 0:36:50With the bar set so high,
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Laurence feels he's been something of a disappointment.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58Getting suspended from school, fired by my aunt,
0:36:58 > 0:37:04you know, not making it to Cambridge, which my father wanted.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06'So this might just be the chance,
0:37:06 > 0:37:11'to show in a very clear break it or make it kind of affair,
0:37:11 > 0:37:13'that I'm a productive human being.'
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Today in the wilds of the Australian outback,
0:37:19 > 0:37:23Laurence will get a chance to show just how productive he can be.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25# Oh, take me back
0:37:25 > 0:37:26# Oh, take me back
0:37:26 > 0:37:30# To cowboy country
0:37:30 > 0:37:32# Let me earn my pay
0:37:32 > 0:37:34# Let me earn my pay
0:37:34 > 0:37:36# Like an old cowhand... #
0:37:39 > 0:37:43With the yards at Waterloo Station now empty, the team need to
0:37:43 > 0:37:48herd together, or muster, several thousand more cattle from the bush.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51We're doing a paddock by the name of Cattle Creek.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54It's about 180 square kilometres.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56It should be about 1,200 head in there.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00Laurence is on his first muster, so we'll see how he goes.
0:38:00 > 0:38:05Oh, there's a lot of potential for me to muck up here in the mustering.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08I mean, I could send the cattle going in all sorts of directions,
0:38:08 > 0:38:12I could fall off a couple of times, I could hurt my horse.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15It is, kind of, the ultimate trial, I suppose.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Laurence isn't the only cowhand on his first muster.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Dougal's seven-year-old son William is going out too.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24There you go, boss.
0:38:24 > 0:38:25WILLIAM MUMBLES
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Neither Daisy or Sian can ride,
0:38:29 > 0:38:31but that doesn't mean they won't be working.
0:38:33 > 0:38:34Oh, my God, this is horrible.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35You're doing nothing.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Jacko has told them to dig out a pipe.
0:38:40 > 0:38:41It's soft, it's wet.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43What part of this is soft?
0:38:43 > 0:38:45There you go.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52- It's like Snow White And The Seven Dwarves.- What?
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Like walking to work like, "Heigh-ho, heigh-ho."
0:38:58 > 0:39:04Locating, herding and bringing in the cattle is fraught with danger.
0:39:04 > 0:39:05Away we go.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09There's no room for hangers on, the whole team must pull together.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Dougal is first out.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16It's his job to find the cattle out in the bush
0:39:16 > 0:39:19and use his helicopter to drive them in towards the yards.
0:39:21 > 0:39:22It's very liberating.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26You really feel that the only thing you're at the mercy of
0:39:26 > 0:39:28is the elements - the dust and the wind and sun.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Dougal keeps in contact with everyone on the ground.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34DOUGAL ON RADIO: 'Just keep Will with you
0:39:34 > 0:39:36'and just come in behind the horses, mate.'
0:39:36 > 0:39:37'OK, yeah.'
0:39:37 > 0:39:39And when the cattle are close enough,
0:39:39 > 0:39:42the motorcycles and quad bikes join in the big push.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45'Move out, push them through the gate.'
0:39:47 > 0:39:51There's millions and millions of cows, as you can see here now.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53There's the choppers in the background.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55It is a bit of a shame that the other two girls
0:39:55 > 0:39:57can't quite enjoy what I'm up to.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- Ah!- Another bit of shit.- Do you know there's snakes at this yard?
0:40:03 > 0:40:05They said they saw loads the other day.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Finally, the horses get involved.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12And by the end of the day,
0:40:12 > 0:40:16Laurence has helped muster over 1,000 head of cattle...
0:40:18 > 0:40:21..while Sian and Daisy have successfully dug their hole.
0:40:30 > 0:40:31How was your first muster, mate?
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Good.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37- How was, do you reckon, Laurence's going on his first day?- Good.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Where's he got to improve, do you reckon?
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- Em, nowhere.- Nowhere?!
0:40:42 > 0:40:43- Oh.- Thank you.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Really living life.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50This is a simple but hard life, under the sun, sweat off my brow,
0:40:50 > 0:40:51you know, literally.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Don't get that very much at uni, reading a book.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58With the yards once again full of cattle,
0:40:58 > 0:41:01the drinks are flowing in the rec club.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04It's like Laurence, he's happy with himself.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07It makes us pretty proud of him, eh? He's done really well.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- Thank you. - So how do you think your parents...?
0:41:12 > 0:41:13They'll be pretty proud today, eh, mate,
0:41:13 > 0:41:15for what you've already achieved, or...?
0:41:15 > 0:41:18- Well, I hope so, I hope so. - Working in the yards and that.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20You don't complain, you're hooked in, you did your work.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Man, if you were my... Look, I'm proud of William.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25If you were my son, I'd be proud of you.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27You know, like, you've done your job.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30'I've always sought to have my parents' approval,
0:41:30 > 0:41:32'but it's a very gratifying experience'
0:41:32 > 0:41:34to get it from someone else.
0:41:34 > 0:41:40Someone who objectively sees you as independently -
0:41:40 > 0:41:44he's not your blood or something like that - who tells you and...
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Either he's fluffing because he has to
0:41:48 > 0:41:50or because it might, perhaps, be true.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Now after a successful muster,
0:42:00 > 0:42:04there are plenty of cattle at the dreaded Yankee Yards.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07With both Laurence and Sian now working inside the pens,
0:42:07 > 0:42:10for Daisy there are no more excuses.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Reluctant to take the plunge, she seeks advice
0:42:17 > 0:42:20from a tough, experienced cowhand.
0:42:20 > 0:42:21I feel like I've gone steps back.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24You've got this fear and your fear's being made worse
0:42:24 > 0:42:26by not getting in here.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Like, standing by a gate isn't going to help you today.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30You just need to get in amongst it now.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36With Sian leading the way...
0:42:40 > 0:42:43..Daisy makes it into one of the pens,
0:42:43 > 0:42:46and stays there alone.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48I just hate being surrounded by them.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54I hate it. I can't do it.
0:42:59 > 0:43:00Sian?
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Sian?
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Sian, can you wait for me?
0:43:06 > 0:43:07Careful, one of them charges.
0:43:11 > 0:43:12Fuck off!
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Yeah, you.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17You can do it. You've just got to take a deep breath.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21Don't get upset and you'll be all right. Trust me.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Like, you've got more than enough time to jump on the fence
0:43:23 > 0:43:25when they start charging. That's what I've realised.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28And you can tell when one of them's going to charge.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30It's just cos they're angry. That one just want...
0:43:30 > 0:43:32Its calf is in there, so that's all it wants.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Daisy's living in a lovely little bubble,
0:43:36 > 0:43:40but this is about her growing up within herself
0:43:40 > 0:43:45and about her taking responsibility for of herself.
0:43:45 > 0:43:46Come on, move it.
0:43:46 > 0:43:50Next day, Daisy is determined to do just that.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53Sticking close to Sian and Jacko,
0:43:53 > 0:43:55she once again ventures into the pens.
0:43:56 > 0:43:57DAISY PANTS
0:43:57 > 0:43:59DAISY SIGHS
0:43:59 > 0:44:00Can she manage it on her own?
0:44:15 > 0:44:16Come on.
0:44:21 > 0:44:22I'm doing it.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29I just did it by myself.
0:44:31 > 0:44:32I'm so happy.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35See that one charge at me, though?
0:44:35 > 0:44:38I'm not even scared, really, anymore.
0:44:38 > 0:44:39It's funny, now.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41DAISY GASPS
0:44:41 > 0:44:42GIGGLING: Aah.
0:44:43 > 0:44:44- You had a good day?- Yeah.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47I heard you, em, brought a few cattle up by yourself.
0:44:49 > 0:44:50- Pretty happy, or what?- Yeah.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53- That's it. - Such an improvement for me.
0:44:53 > 0:44:57You know, it's... Like, high-five. And she's back.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59- I'm back.- Daisy's back.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05And facing up to angry cows isn't the only skill
0:45:05 > 0:45:06that Daisy's mastered at Waterloo.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10I did it.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12It's quite fun, actually. Better find them pegs.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16My mum normally like does this sort of thing.
0:45:19 > 0:45:20Look!
0:45:20 > 0:45:22There we have it.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24Done it.
0:45:24 > 0:45:25I'm good at this.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34After almost two weeks at Waterloo Station,
0:45:34 > 0:45:38Sian, Laurence and Daisy are all now earning their keep...
0:45:41 > 0:45:43..in with the cattle and doing their jobs.
0:45:45 > 0:45:49Today cattle are being pregnancy-tested by the local vet.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00Move.
0:46:00 > 0:46:01Rargh!
0:46:01 > 0:46:05Daisy and Sian have to keep him supplied with reluctant cows.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Hello, move. I didn't say stop.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10We found an extra gear, I reckon, that they didn't even know they had.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13I think they've... Like, holy dooley.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15SIAN AND DAISY LAUGH
0:46:15 > 0:46:19We had bets on about how many days they were going to last.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21I think I had five days.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23Ah!
0:46:25 > 0:46:26Oh, my God.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29JACKO: 'Old Laurence, he's just been cracking the whole time.'
0:46:30 > 0:46:33They've all come a long way. A big, long way.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35I have to sort the cows as they come out.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38It's quite a tough one,
0:46:38 > 0:46:42because they've just had a hand up their bottom,
0:46:42 > 0:46:44and they're usually quite grouchy.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49I certainly know how I'd feel
0:46:49 > 0:46:51if I'd had something up my bottom that far up.
0:47:02 > 0:47:06Although all three Brits are now making themselves useful,
0:47:06 > 0:47:08one of them has impressed so much already
0:47:08 > 0:47:11that Dougal has an offer to make.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14Laurence, you can stay here for a few more months, if you like.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16That'd be great. Or as a summer job.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19That'd really tell the oldies off, wouldn't it?
0:47:19 > 0:47:21Yes, it really would, actually!
0:47:21 > 0:47:23You're on, big fella.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26'I was very flattered by Dougal's offer of a job.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29'I don't fit the stereotype of the classic cowboy,
0:47:29 > 0:47:32'but I think that's the point of me being here.'
0:47:32 > 0:47:36I'm all for smashing stereotypes, and I'm very glad that he's
0:47:36 > 0:47:40seen beyond, you know, my appearance and, er, and me.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46- Bulls.- Blood.- I don't know what to say.- Drink!
0:47:46 > 0:47:48Oh, my God!
0:47:48 > 0:47:50Tomorrow will be Sian, Daisy
0:47:50 > 0:47:53and Laurence's first day off in two weeks.
0:47:53 > 0:47:57- Two.- You've got to choose someone to drink.- Yeah, it's you.
0:47:57 > 0:48:01And although they don't know it yet, it'll be a day that changes
0:48:01 > 0:48:04everything about their new life at Waterloo Station.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS
0:48:07 > 0:48:09# Plasma getting bigger, Jesus getting smaller
0:48:09 > 0:48:12# Spill a cup of coffee, make a million dollars
0:48:12 > 0:48:14# Customs got a thug with an aerosol can
0:48:14 > 0:48:18# If the shoe don't fit, the fit's gonna hit the shan... #
0:48:18 > 0:48:21Today, the whole team is driving three hours through the outback to
0:48:21 > 0:48:25another cattle station to play a game of cricket
0:48:25 > 0:48:27and drink lots of beer.
0:48:31 > 0:48:32CHEERING
0:48:32 > 0:48:35Run! Run, run!
0:48:35 > 0:48:38The cricket was excruciatingly boring from
0:48:38 > 0:48:42when we arrived there at eight till about two in the afternoon.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44CHEERING
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Then it got marginally more exciting as people
0:48:46 > 0:48:49started to drink more.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51And the last ten minutes went with a real bang.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54Everything was all right, going well, having a laugh.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57Drink's flowing, and then...
0:48:57 > 0:49:00One of the girls got really jealous.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03She obviously didn't like how we were,
0:49:03 > 0:49:05- like, messing around with the guys. - She got a bit funny about it.
0:49:05 > 0:49:10She even, like, got down off a truck, kicked Sian.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12Kicked me in my back, so I had a go at her.
0:49:12 > 0:49:16Very verbal and a wee bit abusive.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19I saw Sian throwing lots of expletives left, right and centre,
0:49:19 > 0:49:22but that's standard.
0:49:22 > 0:49:26They just carried on like... I don't know, like worse than animals.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29But they didn't just disgrace themselves, they disgraced Waterloo.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31I mean, that's why we had to tell the two girls,
0:49:31 > 0:49:35"You've got to move on," and, I mean, we can't tolerate that.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48Sian and Daisy were sacked and not allowed to return to Waterloo.
0:49:48 > 0:49:51Instead, they were moved to the nearest hotel.
0:49:52 > 0:49:56I've just sent an e-mail to Dougal and Emily,
0:49:56 > 0:50:00cos I do feel really bad about what's happened and I'm really upset.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04I never wanted it to end like this.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11Sian, on the other hand, after being sacked from yet another job,
0:50:11 > 0:50:14is unrepentant.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16Gotta move on, innit?
0:50:17 > 0:50:21I liked Sian right from the start, cos she's a bit of a ratbag,
0:50:21 > 0:50:24and I don't mind ratbags, probably because I'm a ratbag.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27But I think she's probably had a hard life,
0:50:27 > 0:50:30and we were hoping that she'd probably learn about control,
0:50:30 > 0:50:32but she can't control it, and I guess that's probably due to
0:50:32 > 0:50:34a little bit of alcohol, too.
0:50:34 > 0:50:38It's quite annoying that, like, it's sort of ended the way it has,
0:50:38 > 0:50:40but at the same time, it's, like...
0:50:41 > 0:50:43..maybe it's for the best.
0:50:45 > 0:50:49I don't know, I've just got a...
0:50:49 > 0:50:50bit of a thing with her going,
0:50:50 > 0:50:55and we just became pretty good friends, so...
0:50:55 > 0:50:56Yeah.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01My skin's all peeling.
0:51:02 > 0:51:05Stupid farmer's tan.
0:51:05 > 0:51:09I don't know, but I don't think she's had a lot of respect in her life,
0:51:09 > 0:51:12and it came back to the start, when we said respect is earnt, it's not
0:51:12 > 0:51:17bought, and those girls had earnt the respect of everybody here
0:51:17 > 0:51:21on the station, and to be undone by having a few too many vodkas,
0:51:21 > 0:51:24it's just not a good way to end.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27- 'But we've still got Laurence.' - Are you glad you're back?
0:51:27 > 0:51:29Very glad to be back. I'm glad everything's OK.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32What do you reckon of us, Laurence?
0:51:32 > 0:51:35- Rude pricks. No, erm... - LAUGHTER
0:51:36 > 0:51:40My vocabulary's getting a bit of a redo down here.
0:51:42 > 0:51:43Back at the hotel,
0:51:43 > 0:51:46the girls have got their wages for the days that they worked.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49The wages weren't exactly great. We got taxed quite a bit.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52- Quite a bit of money went on... - On alcohol!- ..on alcohol
0:51:52 > 0:51:54that we've drunk in the rec room.
0:51:54 > 0:51:56We've got enough money to last us
0:51:56 > 0:51:58for a bit in terms of living and stuff.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01- And partying.- And partying.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04They've decided to use their wages and their working holiday visas
0:52:04 > 0:52:05to stay on in Australia.
0:52:05 > 0:52:09We're going to do some travelling, see what it's like down under.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12I can't believe how much we spent in the rec room, though.
0:52:12 > 0:52:15I think that must be a new record for the station.
0:52:15 > 0:52:18Although she earnt less money than she was hoping for and managed
0:52:18 > 0:52:22to get sacked, Daisy feels that she has learned one big lesson.
0:52:22 > 0:52:26When you work 12 hours, you get to the rec room at 6pm,
0:52:26 > 0:52:30have your first beer and it tastes so much better.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32Literally you sit there, you're like, "Ahhh!
0:52:32 > 0:52:35"I've earned it." Such a good feeling.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38Never earned anything before.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40'I've always relied on people to do my work,
0:52:40 > 0:52:43'then here I just had to get on with it.'
0:52:43 > 0:52:45Going to grow up, aren't I?
0:52:50 > 0:52:55Without Daisy and Sian, Laurence has made it to the end of his three
0:52:55 > 0:52:56weeks at Waterloo.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01I think we should commend Laurence for what he's done.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04And it's his last day, so I'd like to give him his shirt,
0:53:04 > 0:53:07a Waterloo shirt, maybe to take back to England.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10And, mate, I tell you now, wear it with pride,
0:53:10 > 0:53:14- cos you have done a good job.- Thank you very much!- Thanks very much.
0:53:14 > 0:53:18- What a looker!- Yeah. And we'll take that out of your pay.
0:53:18 > 0:53:20LAUGHTER
0:53:20 > 0:53:23- That's 75. - LAUGHTER
0:53:23 > 0:53:25- Your payslip. - LAURENCE GASPS
0:53:25 > 0:53:28So it wasn't just working for free.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30You'll see it's "I owe Dougal" in there.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33- LAUGHTER - 300 beers!- Yeah.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35Although money was the motivation to come here,
0:53:35 > 0:53:40money is the smallest thing I got out of this experience.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Whoa! Incredible!
0:53:43 > 0:53:47Refreshing to get a world where where you went to school,
0:53:47 > 0:53:52your family name, wealth means nothing
0:53:52 > 0:53:56if you can't pull your weight and, as Dougal repeats often,
0:53:56 > 0:53:59respect cannot be bought, it has to be earned.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Look, Mum, no hands!
0:54:02 > 0:54:06# I've been waiting for a while now Nothing else seems to be worthwhile
0:54:06 > 0:54:08# And I'm alive with you... #
0:54:08 > 0:54:10- Wow!- It's gorgeous further up.
0:54:10 > 0:54:17# Keep your love inside you Don't let them take it away
0:54:17 > 0:54:23# Keep your self inside you Don't let it suffocate... #
0:54:25 > 0:54:28- Did you like that chopper ride? - Incredible.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30The simple things in life, y'know?
0:54:30 > 0:54:32Let's go, let's see if we get one straight up.
0:54:35 > 0:54:38- Pretty tranquil spot, isn't it? - What a dream.
0:54:38 > 0:54:43There are no words. That was... It's just breathtaking. I'm dumbstruck.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46It really has been the best morning of my life.
0:54:47 > 0:54:52- That's a big call.- Yes. - You deserved it.- Thank you!
0:54:52 > 0:54:54- Yes!- Look!
0:54:54 > 0:54:56Well done, my friend! Whoo-hoo!
0:54:56 > 0:54:59That's the most exclusive fish you can catch. You're a good fisherman.
0:54:59 > 0:55:03- Look at that.- This trip has been a process of catharsis,
0:55:03 > 0:55:08and I've managed to break free from that pattern of failure.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10DOUGAL YELLS
0:55:10 > 0:55:12I might have changed,
0:55:12 > 0:55:15and there's a chance that I'm not just the black sheep.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17I think my parents will see
0:55:17 > 0:55:21that this was an overwhelmingly positive experience.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26HELICOPTER DROWNS SPEECH
0:55:38 > 0:55:43This is Bell, a small Queensland town, where Sian has been living
0:55:43 > 0:55:46and working since Daisy returned to the UK after
0:55:46 > 0:55:50they spent six weeks travelling together.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53Australia has given me, like, a new perspective on life.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56I've grown up so much in the last few months,
0:55:56 > 0:56:01and it's really helped me to stop being such a twat, really.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04Here, Sian has managed to keep her job
0:56:04 > 0:56:07and has had plenty of time to reflect
0:56:07 > 0:56:09on her behaviour at Waterloo.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11I started building relationships with people there,
0:56:11 > 0:56:18and because of the way I reacted to what happened, it ruined it all.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20I'm quite hard on myself over how I dealt with it
0:56:20 > 0:56:23when I could have laughed and walked off.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26But shit happens. At least I've learnt a lesson.
0:56:29 > 0:56:33Next time on World's Toughest Jobs, sheep shearing in New Zealand.
0:56:33 > 0:56:35Can our three Brits cut it?
0:56:35 > 0:56:37- Yeah!- Fucking fuck!
0:56:37 > 0:56:39I've tried, but I can't do it.