Intrepid Journeys - Borneo (Tim Shadbolt)

My idea of fitness is walking to the letterbox, so I'm not keen to let on that my chances of making it to the top of the mountain are about as good as me becoming mayor of Sydney.

– Tim Shadbolt before making his journey

I thought Borneo would be covered in jungle. Here we are in a city of 200,000 people. That's Dunedin and Invercargill added up together!

– Tim Shadbolt in Kota Kinabalu, the capital city of Sabah

As I head into the unknown I might be glad of my seven types of tummy upset pills, three mozzie bite creams, prickly heat powder, and I'm not sure what the suppositories are for.

– Tim Shadbolt on preparing to go into the jungle

...I've been doing comedy shows for five decades now, and I can't think of anything funny to say at the moment.

– Tim Shadbolt, as he struggles to climb Mount Kinabalu

We're going to have to evolve some system, I think, where wealth can be shared, so that we as a planet will survive.

– Tim Shadbolt on destruction of the rainforest for palm oil plantations