Dr. Jonathan King who leads historical tours around the world also takes groups to France to inspect the old World War 1 Western Front. Some of the tours include walking through old trenches like the above in Flanders still surviving from World War 1.

 

famous Dig Tree on the Cooper Creek (2009).

In 2010 to commemorate the 150^th anniversary of the Burke & Wills expedition which was first to cross the continent Jonathan is also organizing a group of environmentalists to travel along the same 1860 track starting from Melbourne on the 150^th anniversary of the original departure, 21 August 2010, to cross the continent on foot with camels on some parts of the track and and 4WD support vehicles in order to report on environmental damage over the last 150 years and recommend remedial action. If you would like to apply to join this expedition please see the Future Projects section and also contact Jonathan through the contact section on this website.

 

 

 

 

BURKE AND WILLS 150th ANNIVERSARY ENVIRONMENTAL EXPEDITION - AUG 2010

(See future projects page for more info)