Outback Jack: Behind The Scenes Fun Facts
Provided by TBS
July 10, 2004
Not all the fun happens in front of a camera. Here's a few things that happened during production of Outback Jack that was not caught on camera.
Australia's rainy season left three of OUTBACK JACK's six camps flooded until just one week before production started.
The girls had no hot water for their showers at camp. The first time they had a chance to shower in hot water was their first night in Perth, three weeks into production. The water for their camp showers was pumped directly from nearby natural sources and could not be heated.
On their first night at camp, Jack's friends treated the girls to a local feast. They were reluctant at first to try crocodile burgers and kangaroo kabobs, but they were so hungry, they finally dug in.
It took one full-time employee to deal with the girls' luggage throughout production.
Originally at the end of episode 2 and the beginning of episode 3, Jack was going to drive the girls in a large jeep. The production team decided on that course of action after concerns were raised that the girls would not want to drive their own vehicles, especially since they were stick shifts. Once production got under way, however, the team realized the girls were much more capable and gung-ho than they thought. So the production team tracked down several more "bull catchers" for the girls to drive.
Because one of the camels was sick, Jack travels on foot leading the girls in episode 4.
Jack literally protected the girls from the dangers of the Outback. The girls may not have realized it at the time (because Jack did not want to alarm them), but he would always put his cot between the water and the girls' cots in case a croc decided to come out of the water in the middle of the night. In the area where filming took place, there had been a recent story of a croc pulling a visitor's tent into the water. Jack also intercepted several poisonous snakes, and with a security guard, chased off several hungry dingoes in the middle of the night. To arrive at the second camp, the group had to cross a river. That night, Jack and Maria saw several crocodile eyes shining right in the area they crossed just hours before.
The tree house in episode 2 took four days to build.
Before shooting the end of episode 5, Jack changed his mind at the last minute regarding whom to eliminate. Jack informed the production that he changed his mind from one girl to another. The girl he was originally going to eliminate still does not know how close she came to leaving in episode 5.
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