1996

S1.E1 ∙ The "Coffee Royal Affair"

Fri, Jun 07, 1996

Les follows one of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's flights that didn't quite reach its destination..

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S1.E2 ∙ The Cannibal Convict

Fri, Jun 14, 1996

On the western coastline of Tasmania, a group of convicts in the early days of Australia escape and set out through the rugged bush land, only to find that there is very little food.

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S1.E3 ∙ The Great Misadventure

Fri, Jun 21, 1996

The tale of Burke and Wills is re-evaluated and Les speculates how a knowledge of bush tucker may have changed the outcome of this ill-fated party.

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A deceiving title. Right through central Australia, Les travels not only with his trusty Land Rover, but by train. Neither of these existed when John McDouall Stuart became the first person to make this trek.

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S1.E5 ∙ The Dutch Settlement

Fri, Jul 05, 1996

The evidence for a Dutch settlement in Australia 100 years before the commonly accepted starting date for European settlement.

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S1.E6 ∙ Gold Fever

Fri, Jul 12, 1996

Les travels to Central Australia to investigate discoveries that claim to throw new light on the legend of Lasseter's lost reef.

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S1.E7 ∙ The Passionate Prussian

Fri, Jul 19, 1996

A journey from Toowoomba to the north-eastern areas of Northern Territory, following a fellow named Leichardt. Once again, an explorer I was not aware existed, nor made this phenomenal journey.

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S1.E8 ∙ Into the Vilest Country

Fri, Jul 26, 1996

Kennedy, an explorer travelling with his expedition to the northern tip of Queensland, comes to a disastrous end when he is killed by the local Aboriginals.

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