On our day off, we took a drive to a couple of local attractions. First stop was King's Marker. This is the place where they found John King, the sole survivor of the four men from the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition who reached the Gulf of Carpentaria. The expedition was the first to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria. King survived with the help of the Aboriginals.
About 7km away, we visited Wills Grave. William John Wills was an English surveyor who also trained for a while as a surgeon. He was the second-in-command of the Burke and Wills expedition. He died alone after he was too weak to continue with Burke and King.
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