Poor guy, just recovering from cancer and has to work in desperation ....
80 km from the nearest town, and is all alone, and with no mobile service, then he gets the ute stuck, and things are desperate!
So he's all alone, and talking to the camera, with presumably a sound guy, and no doubt they have an up to date 4x4, and provisions, and the barstewards are just going to leave him to the snakes and vultures!