The Birdsville Track:The most infamous bush track runs for 540 kilometres through the centre of Australia. It's history is the story of personal hardships and tough pioneering people. Once goods were carried to remote cattle properties by camel and only in recent times was a road made across the sand dunes. Jack Absalom recalls the old times, meets newcomers to the Birdsville Track and has some sound travel advice. The Jewels Of The Kimberley:The original jewels of the Kimberley in Australia's far North West were the hardy pioneer cattlemen and women who crossed the continent with their herds to establish themselves as kings in grass castles.They were followed by gold prospectors and farmers who opened up the mighty Ord River irrigation scheme. The newest jewels are diamonds. They were discovered by the new prospectors who are now reaping rich rewards for the millions of dollars they spent prospecting for their jewels. The Strzelecki Track:Strzelecki was an early Polish explorer and surveyor. His name is given to one of the most desolate regions of the Australian continent, north to Cooper's Creek where in ancient times thousands of Aborigines lived in a paradise surrounded by desert and where many early English explorers of the continent perished but where true bushmen achieved remarkable feats. In The Steps Of Charles Sturt:From his home at Broken Hill, Jack Absalom retraces the journey of the English explorer Charles Sturt who was convinced the centre of Australia contained a vast inland sea. Sturt's journey was one of great hardship as his party was drought bound for over 6 months at one location, ravaged by scurvy and attacked by wild Aboriginals on whose waters the party had camped. The story tells of the gold rush following Sturts explorations, of the perils still to be encountered and some novel direction finding techniques.