Outback Mike

Michael Atkinson, popularly known as Outback Mike, is an Australian adventurer, filmmaker, author, and survival instructor. He has appeared on the first season of Alone Australia, and is known for undertaking solo survival adventures recreating historic expeditions, which he records and publishes as films.

Atkinson's first film details a six week survival expedition across the Kimberly in Western Australia. He is currently touring Australia for the release of his second film, 'Modern Day Castaway', featuring his journey along the Great Barrier Reef in North Queensland, Australia, in a dugout canoe.

Atkinson spend most of his career as a pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force, to which he attributes his survival skills.