Just read an article by an ex-pat now living on the edge of 'That Jungle' who is quite amused by our perception of how wild and dangerous it is.

The celebs it seems are only a 10 min drive from the nearest pub and 20 mins from the bustling Gold Coast.

The author of the article lives a mile from the set and comments 'we do have the odd spider and snake but they generally shy away from humans but there are no crocodiles'. - The producers have admitted that they were brought in for the show.

She also adds that her biggest fear is that people watching in the UK will think that this is what NSW is really like when in fact it is sub-tropical surrounded by the rim of the world's largest extinct volcano. The camp is also within a couple of minutes of banana plantations, sugar cane crops and passion fruit farms. It's also a haven for retired city professionals.

The entrance to 'The Jungle' is a heavily guarded tarred road and not a dusty track. Shows you what being landed in a helicopter and taken on a two hour trek does to your imagination.

Do you think Phil and AWT can actually smell the waft of hops from the pub and it's this that's instigating their rebellion?

LMAO!! I'd love to see their faces when they find out!

I thought I read somewhere as well that the camp was set up by the Americans.
Does anyone know if this true?

Don't know about that but it must be a pretty expensive exercise since they can't use it for another programme.

It's also a bit unfair to put in a stand in since he must surely know precisely where the camp is by now - and can tell the others.

Well of course it is a specially contained environment. You couldn't just drop them in the middle of dense jungle in the middle of nowhere. The logistics for the crew and presenters getting to the location would be a nightmare.

They are in a specially prepared clearing in part of the jungle. I think the area was prepared by the Americans for their version of the show which went out recently. Also, Granada are currently busy selling the format of I'm a Celeb throughout the world, and it is likely that these other countries will use the same area for their own shows.

I cant see them putting in a stand in at the stage, the voting out is well underway. As I understand it Dannilla is under the impression she will be voted out tonight and thinks she is going home? But could be wrong

Curly I'm absolutely convinced that they know exactly where they are. They are putting on a show for us and making it look as real as they can. I think it's as close to scripted as it can be. Thing is, if it was really dangerous they would be checking everything everytime they sat down. I said on another thread when someone suggested they go out and look for food, that I thought they were in a 'clearing' in someone's back garden (albeit a big garden) with just a few cats and dogs being the nearest thing to wildlife. This is just a staged show but the tasks are vile so it keeps me amused. They knew it was staged which is why they're so stroppy now that they're actually having to 'survive' on slightly less food than they're used to. I wouldn't normally mind it being a set up as I find the interaction between the celebs interesting but this lot have been tediously boring. Now that Chris and Dani are getting cosy things could liven up a bit...Cat might get her claws out to Dani's face rather than behind her back.

We ALL know it's a specially contained environment but not too many people know precisely where - that was the point.

Rumour has it that it's one of the old Butlins holiday camps.

But the Gold Coast is in Queensland, south of Brisbane, not New South Wales.............

The actual location is on the outskirts of Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales on the border with Queensland.

My mate is from Queensland and that is definitely where the last one was. I must ask her what she knows of this one.

I thought this was a totally different location to the last one.

It's just the fake plants that are the same


Didn't they film Carry on up the Khyber at Camber Sands.......

I'm mainly interested in just how much the celebs know. Did they really trek for two hours through the jungle...obviously not. Did Cat know the crocodiles were fake...obviously, she moved much too quickly to think they were real...were they told to have a mutiny and method act it. AWT was so over the top he had to be acting. Just how much of this show is scripted sort of fascinates me for some sad reason...

I must get some sort of life

I know what you mean. I felt quite let down when I read that the celebs knew where they were and how it was scripted - the world of fantasy is shrinking by the day.

Oh idiot me...so it is scripted etc then. I didn't read that do you still have the link

Dungay (sp?) Creek

Sorry LG, don't know if it's true or not but I read it on this forum I'm sure. Will scout around and see if I can find it.

Then again perhaps the whole thing is authentic and we're just being paranoid!

Well, not any more [sung in the style of you've lost that lovin feelin'] now she's gone... gonnnne... gonne, woahh woh woh! duh duh! duh duh! duh duh duuuh!

See ya... wouldn't wanna be ya Dani!

Its the celebs - they keep finding things which gives away all the reality

Remember the day they decided to move some of the stones in the creek so they could get the bucket under the falling water easier? Wozza moved a stone too many and discovered the plastic lining underneath (kind of gave the game away)

And another time they were talking about screwing or boring something into the earth at camp - what again gave the away was the material just under the earth .....

It not our fault the celebs themselves are uncovering some of the slightly veiled coverups

On the other hand, if Sjan did loose 8lbs in a week - they probably really did feel hungry - especially since the rebellion happened on the day they expected to get good food for all due to the amount of meals won ... its was the last straw in the hunger attacks ..... I don't think that was scripted at all

Got you. Murwillumbah is on the River Tweed (in Tweed Shire) and about 100km south of Brisbane but definately in NSW. Its just Ant and Dec keep saying they are in the New South Wales jungle wheras they are probably in one of the National or State Forests or National Parks/Nature Reserves. Last year I'm sure they were in the "Queensland jungle".

On the program showing the mutiny they stated that the show had been specially extended and it is the only show that has been on for an hour and a half compared to the normal hour, so I guess it was extented, only problem was it was always scheduled to show for an hour and a half

They have probably moved further south because they were probably moaning last time it was a little to hot.

Also on the Gold Coast at Movie World it also includes a large film studios so moving equipment and personnel like cameraman just down the road to New South Wales would only take about 30 minutes.
As people have said you can walk to NSW from the Gold coast.

The show is actually being filmed in Area 51 - also known as Dreamland and the purpose of the show is to see how supposedly ordinary humans would interact with an Alien/Human hybrid - In this case 'Fash' and to see if they could tell that he was in fact not entirely of this world.