Route Map – Eastwards

Finally we were heading inland, towards Florence. The camels swam strongly against the current, keeping the piano out of the water. We used machetes to clear the scrub along the banks, creating a path along which to haul Lexie and Mary.

We unearthed a surprising number of rocks of cubic rectangular form. These we used to construct bridges across the trickier spots of the river. We named the bridges after great Australian bridge builders – Hanson, Bolt, Warner, Dutton, etc.

Several miles into the wilderness, Leo spotted a unique waterfowl that looked like a duck and sounded like a duck, but most definitely was an entirely new species. Unable to photograph it before it quacked off, he produced a sketch in case we didn't see another, thus losing the species to science forever. We named it the 'scott', after our Prime Minister. We think he'll be pleased.

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