This week we are following 20th century explorer Michael Terry. I urge you to read Michael Terry's autobiography, it is the story of a hard, adventurous life, much of it in northern and central Australian deserts. Born in 1899, Terry fought as a mechanic in World War 1 in a British armoured car brigade in a little known action in Russia. Gassed, he was invalided out and came to Western Australia in 1919 where, on a cattle station near Carnarvon, he discovered his love for the outback.

An explorer's routes is a tremendous way of having a goal and a focus, rather than just aimlessly wandering about the Outback, visiting the tourist hot-spots. Creating trips based around explorers and the pioneers has enabled us to gain a much fuller appreciation of the mighty Outback.

Researching stories of explorers & pioneers and attempting to follow their routes can be enormously satisfying. It certainly gets you off those beaten tracks. And it also leads to making fantastic contacts; people who add an extra dimension and bring another perspective to the journey.

Read the books and study the maps - search on-line - these are the Europeans who shaped our current status.

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