Burke and wills driving maps

Google Burke & Wills and a map of their route will come up.
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Baz

A good place to start may be here.

Bear in mind that Burke & Wills were not travelling on roads (LOL) so you will not find road maps of their journey. Additionally, their route is not precisely defined so it will be a matter of looking at the route as in the link above then obtaining road maps that cover that area and selecting your route to suit.

Some Westprint maps have a broad outline of the Burke and Wills route overlayed on their maps. Get in thouch with them and they may have more details of suitable maps.
Westprint Maps

We did this trip about 2-3 years ago so i will try to dig out some information for you. You can't follow exact routes as some go through private properties etc now, but you can get pretty close and see all the main points of interest along the way. Excellent trip and if you read up on all the history beforehand, you'll love it!

Hi, try looking up lifestylevideoproduction.com.au. They have a DVD on a trip called "On the track of Burke & Wills". As others have said, it is not possible to follow their exact tracks, but this DVD does cover many of their staging points along the way. If nothing else, its good viewing and should give you some broad information to major points of interest.

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Stickz

'The Dig Tree' by Sarah Murgatroyd (?) is available in audio book form, if you want to listen to it on your way. I would thoroughly recommend either reading the book or listening to the audio book. It is a fascinating story that will add much to your adventure.

Agree with Rob D the Sarah Murgatroyd book is excellent.

Did some research a few years back when I was going to be near Birdsville on the 150th anniversary of the expedition passing through there. Unfortunately the weather put a stop to that.

Even though there have been maps produced with the path marked, generally these are best estimates of the route they followed. Certain parts of the trip can be accurately followed even though they may pass through private property and are not near any formed tracks.

Other parts of the trip especially north of Birdsville are very vague and it is generally accepted that Wills' equipment was damaged for the trip north from here and back to the dig tree. (even though he found his way back to the exact spot from which they left) Some campsites have been identified but liitle else.

Burke kept few notes and Wills who was a surveyor had to do all his records and navigation at bight after a full days treking.

have a look at this websitehttp://www.burkeandwills.net.au/index.php
I think you should find what you are after.
Kevin

2+dog - if you want to message me your email address i can forward some information to you

You can buy "Following Burke and Wills Across Victoria" from Dave Phoenix's website (www.burkeandwills.net.au/touring-guide) which will take you from Melbourne to Swan Hill with details of all the places to visit. The followup volume which takes you all the way to the Gulf is in preparation but unfortunately won't be published in time form your trip in June.
Have fun!