2GB drive host, Philip Clark, was told of his fate in Survey #4 in the most amazing way.

While Ray Hadley slummed it on a bus to the city to celebrate, because taxis were on strike, Clark has managed to top his story.

The Daily Telegraph’s Sydney Confidential says Clarkey was mustering cattle on the edge of the Simpson Desert when, out of nowhere, a stockman roared up on his bike in the dust and said: “You got an eight. I’ve got no idea what that means”.

Station bosses had called Clarkey’s wife, who radioed a mate in a helicopter, who called the stockman on his portable UHF radio who told Clarkey!