Australian Survivor season 1

Australian Survivor
Season 1
Presented by	Lincoln Howes
No. of days	39
No. of castaways	16
Winner	Rob Dickson
Runner-up	Sciona Browne
Location	Whaler's Way, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
No. of episodes	13 (plus 2 specials)
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	13 February (2002-02-13) – 15 May 2002 (2002-05-15)
Additional information
Filming dates	November – December 2001
Season chronology
Next → Celebrity Survivor (on the Seven Network)

The first season of Australian Survivor is the inaugural Australian adaptation of the popular reality game show Survivor. The season was filmed in Whaler's Way, an Eyre Peninsula coastal nature reserve near Port Lincoln, South Australia in the Great Australian Bight, where numerous ships had sunk off the coast in the past, setting up the season's nautical theme.

Hosted by 60 Minutes journalist Lincoln Howes, the program consisted of 16 Australian castaways competing for 39 days for a grand prize of A$500,000 and a Ford V6 Escape. The series was filmed in November and December 2001 and aired weekly between February and May 2002 on the Nine Network, culminating in a live finale on 15 May 2002, where former Victorian Football League player Robert "Rob" Dickson was crowned the "Sole Survivor" over former test pilot Sciona Browne in a jury vote of 5–2.

The program was criticised by fans and critics for poor casting and lower production values than the popular American edition (which also aired on Nine) and was not renewed due to low ratings.^[1] However the series did return (albeit on a different network) in 2006 with a celebrity edition.