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EXPLORATION.
EXPLORING THE INTERIOR.— An exploring
party, under the leadership of Mr. Charles
Winnicke, an experienced explorer and bush-
man, has just made a successful journey
through a large portion of the unknown in
terior of Australia The party was provided
with camels and horses, but the latter were
never used. Mr. Winnicke made his start
from Cowarie Station on the Warburton
River, in latitude 28', and traversed the
country to the north as far as latitude 22',
effecting a connection with his previous ex
plorations near Goyder's Pillars, a most re
markable natural feature in the Tarlton
Range, discovered by Mr. Winnicke during
his Herbert River explorations. The leader
informs us that several long stages without
water were encountered. A fews days after
the party left Cowarie Station, a distance
of between two and three hundred
miles had to be traversed across the
highest sandridges in Australia before
water was again obtained. The camels
behaved nobly, and although carrying im
mense loads of between seven and eight
hundred pounds each recovered sufficiently
in two days to make a second stage of about
150 miles without water. Many more long
stages of between 100 and 200 miles without
water were travelled, and although the
leader was far from well during the greater
part of this time, the discipline and order
of the party were such as to prevent the
occurrence of any mishap. In many instances,
the sandridges, which were from three to
four hundred feet high and very steep, had to
be crossed at right angles. Two large rivers
and an extensive range were discovered near
the Queensland boundary, and altogether
Mr. Winnicke succeeded in mapping about
40,000 square miles of unknown country,
which will help to fill in another large blank
space on the map of Australia.
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