First Contact

The six participants are brought to the heart of Aboriginal Australia, Uluru. They've been told that they'll be spending the next four weeks immersed into Aboriginal Australia. But other than that, they know nothing about the journey that lies ahead. Waiting in the rock’s shadow to greet them is award-winning journalist, Ray Martin.

The six have been told that they're flying to a place called Elcho Island where Ray Martin will reveal the latest stage of the immersive journey. Around 2,500 Aboriginal people live on Elcho in some of the most deprived conditions in the Western world. The group learn that some families on the island are cramped ten, twenty, even thirty to a house.

After almost three weeks immersed into Aboriginal Australia, the group is about to face their most confronting experience yet. With no idea of what's coming, they are picked up in a Correctional Services van and taken to Roebourne Regional Prison. Aboriginal people are 15 times more likely than other Australians to end up in jail. The five are about to discover what life is like on the inside.

The journey begins. The six are brought to the heart of Aboriginal Australia: Uluru. They've been told that they'll be spending the next four weeks immersed into Aboriginal Australia. But other than that they know nothing about the journey that lies ahead. Waiting in the rock's shadow to greet them is award winning journalist, Ray Martin. It's not long before debate is sparked as the six clash over land rights and who owns Australia's most iconic natural landmark.

The six gather on the side of the Stuart Highway just south of Darwin, where Ray Martin will reveal their next destination. So where are they going? Nowhere. The middle of nowhere. A place that's been called the 'forgotten town'. For the next two days the six will discover what it's like to live in over-crowded housing, and see first-hand the dire conditions some Aboriginal people face every day. The group heads due south towards the tiny town of Elliott - half way between Darwin and Alice Springs. They meet local 'SK' who currently lives in a four-bedroom house with anywhere up to around 20 other people, including her sister Kaylene and at least eight children.

The six are on their way to Derby in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. Nicki may be finding the flight on the 9-seater plane terrifying, but it's nothing compared to where she's heading to next. Ray Martin reveals that in a few moments a van from the West Kimberley Regional Prison will pick them up. All, that is, apart from one of the group who's been denied entry after a personal intervention by the Minister for Corrective Services (Western Australia). For the rest, this is a journey into the unknown.