Australian Survivor is going to be filmed in outback Queensland

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Australian Survivor is coming to North Queensland.

Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced that the sixth season of the popular reality TV show will be filmed in Cloncurry, about 780km west of Townsville.

The project is estimated to inject $14.6m in the state’s economy and create about 150 jobs for Queensland crew.

Ms Palaszczuk said today’s announcement was positive news at a time of extraordinary demand from both domestic and international productions to take advantage of all Queensland offers as a global screen destination.

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“We’ve got a winning combination in terms of competitive incentives, fantastically diverse locations, best-in-the-business local crew and one of the world’s most COVID-safe environments,” Ms Palaszczuk said.

“Queensland is the place to film right now; the positive impacts flowing from our production boom are vast and varied, and my Government is doing everything in its power to maximise these benefits for all Queenslanders.

“From big-budget feature films to hit TV series, and now one of Australia’s best-loved reality shows, there really is no limit to the scope, scale and volume of what’s coming through our door.”

2017 Australian Survivor winner Jericho Malabonga and runner-up Tara Pitt pictured during the grand finale show. Supplied by Channel 10.

Screen Queensland CEO Kylie Munnich said the announcement was it was positive news for Cloncurry, which will benefit from jobs for local crew and be showcased nationally and internationally on the program.

“It’s rewarding to see such a big show as Australian Survivor heading to outback Queensland—a region that knows adversity and hardship first-hand, and whose people, I expect, share those human qualities celebrated in the show: courage, endurance and strength,” Ms Munnich said.

“From urban centres and coastal ranges to sweeping outback plains, Queensland has enormous capacity to cater for a wide range of screen productions—from international features through to reality juggernauts like Australian Survivor.

“Next month Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives starts production on the Gold Coast and Universal Studio Group’s Joe Exotic will soon enter Screen Queensland Studios in Brisbane, while Netflix’s teen series Dive Club recently wrapped in Port Douglas, Far North Queensland.

“Outback Queensland is also the setting in part for ABC’s Total Control Season 2, which returns to film in Winton this year with support from Screen Queensland.”

Chief Content Officer and Executive Vice President, ViacomCBS Australia and New Zealand, Beverley McGarvey said, “We are thrilled that our new Australian Survivor castaways will have the chance to outwit, outplay and outlast each in other, right here in Queensland, Australia. Outback Queensland’s harsh climate and challenging weather conditions will turn the game on its head.

“Moving from the beaches of Fiji to the outback of North Queensland will shift the game in a way we haven’t seen before. If the castaways think they know how to play the game, they will need to think again.”

Originally published as Australian Survivor is going to be filmed in outback Queensland