As Nova’s national Drive show prepared to embark on a trip to broadcast live from the Northern Territory Ryan Shelton, the man who put the Ryan in Ryan Monty & Wippa announced he will leave the show at the end of the year telling listeners, “This will be my last year working for Drive on Nova. I signed up for one year and ended up staying for two.” There is speculation he will join business partners Hamish and Andy in a new tv show.

Shelton says, “I’m excited about the chance to throw myself back into TV full time and re-engaging fully with all those opportunities. So if you do see me on the telly, please say ‘Hi’. Just as long as you know, I won’t be able to say hi back. That’s technically impossible.”

But for now, from Wednesday in fact, the trio will spend several days in the Northern Territory experiencing outback life, chatting to the locals and broadcasting live from Darwin’s Shenanigans pub.

The guys are taking some listeners along for the outback experience of a lifetime. Six listeners have been hand-picked for the special skills they can offer to make the outback adventure awesome.

While in Darwin Ryan, Monty & Wippa will experience the local sights including:

• A strip fishing challenge
• UFO spotting with Alan from ufoterritory.com.au
• Co-hosting the local radio station
• Taking a celebrity tour of Darwin – it’s dedicated to Jess Mauboy
• Checking out the crocodile jumping (yes, in the outback!)
• Hitting the Mindel markets at dusk and the local nightclubs by night
• And no trip to the outback would be complete without dropping in to a local bar for ‘Tits Out Tuesday’ where ladies drink free if they flash their assets. High brow stuff this.

Ryan, Monty & Wippa will spend two days experiencing the outback life to gain an insight into what it’s like to be Keeping Up With the Joneses…without half a million cattle, 10,000 crocs, 42 helicopters, danger or hard work… although the guys do enjoy a stubbie.

The idea came about from Network Ten’s new doco, Keeping up with the Joneses, a series that reveals for the first time the incredible work and lifestyle on the largest heli-mustering operation in Australia.

The series shows remote Northern Territory’s changing seasons, the resilient characters and the emotions involved in doing one of the most dangerous jobs in Australia.