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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:07:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                        The Journey Begins
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                Instead of camels the 2010 Burke and Wills Environmental Expedition is using two Mitsubishi Pajeros to travel from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the original 1860 exploring party which was the first to cross the continent of Australia.     “Having used the Pajero to cross Australia myself on family trips since the nineteen eighties, I know they are reliable”, Dr. Jonathan King, the expedition leader told journalists on August 20. This was the date the team departed from Melbourne’s Royal Park, 150 years to the day that Burke and Wills left...
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             <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:41:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                        Broken Dreams on Broken Hill
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                As soon as our two dust-covered Pajeros  got to Broken Hill the locals rolled out the red carpet. We had received a very warm welcome in Menindee from Margot Muscat and the locals who had shared their Burke and Wills historical stories and told us about their environmental concerns and solutions. We did not think we could get a better welcome – especially  after Ky Crow and Gill the camel carers had entertained us at their camel farm near Copi Hollow. Ky and Gill even allowed us to film the birth of a calf, Chukka, which we visited their Noah’s...
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             <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:42:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                        A Land of Drought and Flooding Rains
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                The Mitsubishi supported Burke and Wills Environmental Expedition, is going from strength to strength thanks to the mighty Pajeros. They are getting the modern day explorers through heavy rains, muddy tracks, howling winds and bumpy unmade roads. Although the expedition was stuck at Pooncarie south of Menindee for some days waiting for a series of sunny days to dry out the gravel roads, the persistent crew pushed on to Burke’s first big base camp at Menindee and beyond.      Not that the wait was boring in Pooncarie because Macca contacted them by their Telstra satellite phone and...
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             <link>http://www.4wd4life.com.au:80/burkeandwills/3tbwrknsA_Land_of_Drought_and_Flooding_Rains_</link>
             <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:39:48 GMT</pubDate>
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                        Route Map
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                Route Map   Welcome to the home of the Burke and Wills Expedition on 4WD4Life. Please remember to bookmark this page and come back because it will be refreshed regularly throughout the Burke and Wills expedition.    There will be lots to see, such as:       -Jonathon’s travel journal      -An interactive map showing the route      -Photos from along the way      -Regular video updates from the team throughout the journey      -Digital fine artwork by Ben Beeton    If you want to receive the latest updates as soon as they become available,...
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             <link>http://www.4wd4life.com.au:80/burkeandwills/r215f2igRoute_Map_</link>
             <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:22:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                        Meet The Team
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                  Jonathan King Michael Dillon Ben Beeton John Howland   Jack Thompson Jack Thompson (AM) born on the 31st of August 1940 as John Hadley Payne, is an Australian actor and one of the major and most influential figures in Australian cinema. He was educated at the University of Queensland, before embarking on his acting career. In 2002, he was made an honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). He is best known as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films including: Wake in Fright (1971), Sunday Too Far Away (1975), The Man from Snowy River (1982),...
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             <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:23:10 GMT</pubDate>
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                        History
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                A Brief History   In 1860-61 Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills led an expedition of 19 men with the intention of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, a distance of around 3,250 kilometres. At that time, these regions of Australia had not been explored by the European settlers, and were almost completely unknown. The expedition set off from Royal Park in Melbourne on August 20th 1860, watched by around 15,000 spectators. There were 19 members of the expedition party, including five Englishmen, four Indian sepoys, three Germans and an...
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             <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:44:37 GMT</pubDate>
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                        Expedition Recreation
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                Expedition Recreation     Historian and author Jonathan King is organising the Burke and Wills 150th-anniversary Environmental Expedition. With help of actor and environmentalist Jack Thompson, the trekking team will be undertaking a two-stage expedition, with specialist environmentalists using detailed maps, to follow the infamous 1860 route (this time aided by Pajero four-wheel-drives).    The journey is being made under the auspices of the Royal Society of Victoria, which organised the original 1860 trek. The expedition aims to assess the damage that has been caused across the route throughout 150 years of exploitation, and find ways to...
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             <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:32:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                        Pajero's Involvement
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                Pajero’s Involvement     The Burke and Wills Expedition 2010 will have a few distinct advantages over their 1860 counterparts. On one front, they will be actively seeking help from Indigenous Australians along the track, something that the first trekkers failed to do. But apart from that, the 2010 team will also be utilizing two Mitsubishi Pajeros to aid them in their travels. These vehicles will help carry the party’s equipment, and assist with some of the tougher sections of the trip.   The two Pajeros will have the 3.2L Common Rail Turbo Diesel engines and Super Select 4WD with...
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             <link>http://www.4wd4life.com.au:80/burkeandwills/Pajeros_Involvement</link>
             <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:49:48 GMT</pubDate>
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                        Our first extended trip
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                We retired on 9-7-2010. Set out to Cairns on 12-7-10, first stop Corindi Beach, just north of Coffs Harbour. 13/7 arrived at Lennox Head. The wind was very cold but the day 21 deg C.    14 and 15/7 at Maroochydore to see Doreen's sister. 16/7 arrived at Hervey Bay, QLD to spend a couple of days sight seeing.    17th at 1770 was extremely difficult to find a vacancy at a Caravan Park. Stayed out of town near an industrial area. The park was dodgy however the people were great, We had our first happy hour...
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             <link>http://www.4wd4life.com.au:80/vwillis/wl3d1ebjOur_first_extended_trip_</link>
             <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:06:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                        Trip 2010
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                Well we have now started our adventure for 2010. Have left the Gold Coast and now at Hervey Bay. Will be travelling to Rockhampton tomorrow and from there to Mt Isa where we will meet up with our travel companions Phil and Barb, Barry and Denise.  Travel this time will include Kakadu, Lietchfield, Darwin, Bungle Bungles, Broome, Derby, Gibb River Road then down Tanami Road to Alice Springs where we will spend some time exploring the area.  So will be having a full on time as hope to do all that over next 8 weeks. Will keep all...
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             <link>http://www.4wd4life.com.au:80/stanandjen/Trip_2010</link>
             <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:20:25 GMT</pubDate>
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                        fishing in winter
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                we have been doing a bit of fishing around the mersey river between devonport and latrobe the past few weeks and have been surprised by the decent size and species of fish we have been catching. its good to see there are more people out in the cold fishing. were not the only silly ones.
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             <link>http://www.4wd4life.com.au:80/mickey68/fishing_in_winter</link>
             <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:20:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                        MITSUBISHI MUSTER 2010 [2]
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                The Mitsubishi Muster was organised by the Pajero 4WD Club of Victoria with the aim of bringing together the Mitsubishi 4WD fraternity over the Easter Week end. It was held at Turlee Station (www.turleestationstay.com.au), a working sheep station located on the edge of Mungo National Park, about an hour's drive north east of Mildura. Turlee station is situated on the Wilandara Lakes World Heritage Area.     A total of about 70 families attended the event (approx 150 adults and 50 kids). People came from SA, VIC and NSW. Some of the other clubs that attended included the Triple Diamond...
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             <link>http://www.4wd4life.com.au:80/4wdevents/2tnvl3dsMITSUBISHI_MUSTER_2010_2_</link>
             <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:56:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                        Ferrals In the Cape
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                  Fishing is feral in the cape.     Darren Morgan with a nice emperor caught while fishing with Jim Borthwick from All Fed Up - Gone Fishing Weipa.   Let me say first that we are not talking the animal kingdom here we are talking of guys that have not been to the cape before, but get the chance to do what most of us dream of doing once in a lifetime.  On the first day we travelled from Cairns to the Wenlock River. Most of us had never been outside in the wide open spaces,...
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             <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:04:39 GMT</pubDate>
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                        Old stomping ground
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                More than 20 years after leaving the small seaside town of Streaky Bay as an eight year old, my wife and I headed over the other side of the Eyre Peninsula to visit. It hasn’t changed too much other than generally being tidied up – it could win a tidy town award if they still run them. After a year of work it was an ideal place to unwind. We went via Port Lincoln where we stayed for a few days (see my other stories on these destinations), and broke up the drive a bit by looking at some of...
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             <link>http://www.4wd4life.com.au:80/tommyturtle/Old_stomping_ground</link>
             <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:54:53 GMT</pubDate>
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                        Flinders Ranges 2008
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                In September 2008, we did a 3 week camping trip with our Pajero towing an off-road trailer. We travelled with another family in their Prado - Michelle, Rob & their 3 kids Jackson, Cassidy & Boadie. This was their first big trip, although they had a lot of experience camping in caravan parks up and down the NSW South & North Coasts over the years. Thanks to Michelle for some of the attached photos.    We travelled from Wollongong to Ivanhoe, Menindee, Broken Hill, Tibooburra, Cameron Corner, Strzelecki Track to Arkaroola, Wilpena, Burra, Morgan, Old Coach Road to Renmark,...
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             <link>http://www.4wd4life.com.au:80/murray/Flinders_Ranges_2008</link>
             <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:42:53 GMT</pubDate>
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                        Breamer Bay Trip
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                Vivianne and I had both been working long hours and we reached the stage where we needed to take a break. As the South West is only about 4 hours away from Perth it seemed the logical place to relax. Albany usually does the trick for us but on hearing the whales were around Breamer Bay we decided to travel that extra couple of hours. We camped in Breamer itself and travelled to the beaches each day. We were spoiled as Point Anne turned on the sceinery, whales, schools of salmon and one of the locals stopped to see what...
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             <link>http://www.4wd4life.com.au:80/miketriplett/Breamer_Bay_Trip</link>
             <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:07:14 GMT</pubDate>
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