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The iconic Australian exploration report - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storyteller. 'They have gone here today!' he message or calls to the others. When King puts his hands down above the ashes of the fireplace, it is to think it is still hot. There exists even a very small flame flickering from the finish of 1 log. They must have gone just hours back. Melbourne, 20 August 1860. In an ambitious goal to be the first Europeans to cross the severe Australian continent, the Victorian Exploring Expedition cause, with 15,000 well-wishers cheering them on. Led by Robert O'Hara Burke, a fearless man totally without the bush skills essential for his process; surveyor and meteorologist William Wills; and 17 others, the expedition required 20 tons of equipment continued six wagons, 23 horses and 26 camels. Almost immediately plagued by disputes and sackings, the expeditioners battled the extremes of the Australian landscape and weather: its deserts, the boggy mangrove swamps of the Gulf, the searing heating and flooding rains. Food ran brief and, struggling to live off the land, the men nevertheless mostly spurned the offers of help from the neighborhood indigenous people. In desperation, giving the rest of the get together at the expedition's depot on Coopers Creek, Burke, Wills, Charley Grey and John King made a dash for the Gulf in December 1860. Misfortune and bad management would see them miss by simply time a rendezvous back again at Coopers Creek, giving them stranded in the wilderness with almost no items. Only King survived to inform the story. Yet, despite their tragic fates, the titles of Burke and Wills have grown to be synonymous with perseverance and bravery in the face of overwhelming possibilities. They live on inside our nation's history - and their report remains immediate and persuasive.
