List of people who have walked across Australia

rdf:langString List of people who have walked across Australia

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rdf:langString Aidan De Brune

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rdf:langString One day, I wandered into Mr. Gay's offices and announced that I proposed to walk around Australia—and would he pay for articles on the trip? Mr. Gay was blunt. First he told me exactly how many kinds of fools I was to think of such a trip, then came to an agreement with business-like promptitude. Within a few hours I had gathered together what I thought necessary for an 11,000 miles trip, and had left Sydney. Two and a half years later I came to Sydney again, having in the meantime visited nearly every port on the extensive coastline. More to the point, I had proved possible a trip quite a number of Sydney wise-heads had declared to be sheer suicide.

rdf:langString People who walk across Australia are those who have walked from either of the geographical extremes of the continent, or from directly opposite cities on opposite shores. The extremes of Australia are geographically considered to be Steep Point (West), Cape Byron (East), Cape York Peninsula (North), and South East Cape (South). The straight-line distance between the east and west is 4,030 km (2,500 mi), or 3,685 km (2,290 mi) from north to south. The directly oppoiste cities are geographically considered to be Perth (West), Brisbane (East), Darwin (North), and Hobart (South). Walkers who choose to circumnavigate Australia can follow the National Highway for large sections of their journey. Of the people who have successfully circumnavigated the continent, it took a range of 365–897 days to complete. Distances involved are in the proximity of 14,300 km (8,900 mi) to 17,000 km depending on the route taken. Only seven people are known to have completed solo unaccompanied circumnavigations, passing through all mainland states and territories, without a support vehicle. These include Aidan de Brune, Nobby Young, Colin Ricketts, Andrew 'Cad' Cadigan, Scott Loxely, Mike Pauly, and Terra Roam.