Having postponed the inevitable for one extra tribal council by voting out Jerri, the members of Kucha were still unable to come up with a strategy that actually worked, and Nick was voted out in Survivor: The Australian Outback Episode 11.
Now that they’ve got new rice, they have decided to be very careful with it. They are living on much less than they were before, but at least they’ve got something.
Keith, Colby, and Tina are in control and arrogant about it.
The reward challenge is a rope course. The first person to reach all four checkpoints gets to saddle up and ride off with some Australian cowboys to have some of their authentic grub. Since it will be an overnight reward, they will also have a cot to sleep on and some bacon and eggs the next morning. Colby’s got the lead with Amber right behind him, and that’s how things will end up. Colby wins reward. Rodger and Tina are in third and fourth. Elisabeth is in fifth. Keith finishes eventually. As a sample of what he’s going to get tonight, he receives some bread. He is not given the option of inviting anybody along with him.
Within about 10 minutes of taking off on his trek, Colby runs into the worst storm he’s ever seen. He can barely see anything, and the rain feels like hail. He feels sorry for all the others who have to go back to a very wet beach. When they’re returning from the challenge, they come to a crossing, which they had crossed to get there. It’s flooding waters, a stark contrast to the one puddle that had been there a couple hours earlier. They have to wait for a couple hours for the creek to settle. During this wait, they’re left to wonder what, if anything, is left of their camp.
Then we see what they’re going to see when they’re able to: their camp is flooding. Their personal items are floating away, and that rice that they just traded their shelter away for is in the water as well. Their camp is wrecked, but some of it still remains. They start to look around and find out that their fishing hooks are gone, too, as is everything they had to cook with.
While they suffer, Colby’s living the life. He hangs out with a bunch of cowboys, sits around a fire, and eats beans and beef stew, which is something he would have done while he was at home.
Back at camp, they have some hope that they might see something floating. They do find the rice as it’s getting dark. Tina wants to cross further down where it’s deeper but there is no current, but Keith wants to play Superman and cross at the most dangerous point. Both of them make it across safely regardless, and they manage to grab the rice and bring it back.
The celebration ends when they realize the matches is in Keith’s now soaked coat, so they’re not going to start a fire to dry off, and they won’t be able to cook that rice. They all go through the most miserable night they’ve ever had. The next morning when they wake up, they decide they have to build higher and just hope they don’t get struck by lightning. Colby returns to a depressed camp.
The immunity challenge is a slingshot contest. The last person left standing with a plate intact will win immunity. Keith chips Colby’s plate. In return, Colby knocks down one of Keith’s plates. Elisabeth and Amber both get hit the next time. Amber once again gets hit. Tina’s first plate is hit. Keith returns the favor to Colby. Rodger’s first plate is taken out by Colby. Amber is the first one out of the game. With Amber having been struck by Elisabeth, Rodger, and Colby, they’re leaving it no secret that she’s not safe, and the former Kucha aren’t even going to try to work with her. Tina strikes Keith. Rodger is also down to one plate. Colby is knocked down to one plate by Rodger. Keith is eliminated. Tina is eliminated by Colby. Colby knocks out Rodger. Elisabeth has two plates left, while Colby has one. Down to one each. Colby wins immunity, which at some point should possibly lead someone to believe he’s a threat.
Probst blames the tribe for their decision to put the shelter in the sand. Rodger says it was not his idea. The females wanted to be on the beach. To be fair, if they hadn’t been forced to abandon their camp so they could go participate in a challenge, they would have been able to save it. In a real life situation, everybody in camp would not have left. Someone would have remained behind to stand guard.
Votes
Rodger
Amber
Rodger
Amber
Amber
Amber
Amber’s tribe has turned on her, with the exception of Colby, who voted along tribal lines. What that gets them I’m not real clear, but the result is that Elisabeth and Rodger live to see another day. With 4 votes, Amber has been voted off the island.
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