Dig 3ft NW

The legendary Journey of Burke & Wills

In 1860 Robert O'Hara Burke, accompanied by William Wills and a party of Explorers, set out to cross Australia from South to North. A few month later a tree bore a strange carving: Dig Under 3ft NW. Burke, Wills and five other men were dead.

How did a man notorious for getting lost on the way home from the pub come to lead an expedition into the dessert's dead heart? What went wrong?

Dig 3ft NW is an abridged version of The Dig Tree, Sarah Murgatroyd's utterly compelling account of Burke and Wills journey into the great unknown. Its a  beautifully told story which manages to get beneath the skins of an addictive bunch of egotistical, generous, mutinous, pig headed and brave characters.