List of people who have walked across Australia
Completed journeys
The names of the individuals who have walked across Australia have been listed below in chronological order. Sources for data contained within this table have been listed within the body of the article, or where not readily available, directly from the individual concerned.

List of people who have walked across Australia

Section Title: Completed journeys
Table Section Text: The names of the individuals who have walked across Australia have been listed below in chronological order. Sources for data contained within this table have been listed within the body of the article, or where not readily available, directly from the individual concerned.

Name	Nationality	Start date	Finish date	Duration	Starting location	Finishing location

Robert Burke	Ireland	20 August 1860	9 February 1861	174	Melbourne	Kurumba ‡

William Wills	England	20 August 1860	9 February 1861	174	Melbourne	Kurumba ‡

John King	Ireland	20 August 1860	9 February 1861	174	Melbourne	Kurumba ‡

Aidan de Brune	England	24 November 1920	21 February 1921	90	Fremantle	Sydney

Aidan de Brune	England	20 September 1921	4 March 1924	897	Sydney	Sydney

Bob Mossel	Australia	20 May 1973	20 September 1973	124	Port Augusta	Burketown

Bill Mossel	Australia	20 May 1973	20 September 1973	124	Port Augusta	Burketown

Sue Thompson	Australia	20 May 1973	20 September 1973	124	Port Augusta	Burketown

Annabel Douglas-Hill	Australia	20 May 1973	20 September 1973	124	Port Augusta	Burketown

Sharka Dolak	Australia	20 May 1973	20 September 1973	124	Port Augusta	Burketown

Dave Kunst	United States	3 November 1973	20 July 1974	260	Fremantle	Sydney

Robyn Devidson	Australia	2 January 1977	20 September 1977	243	Fremantle	Sydney

Dennis Bartell	Australia	1984	1984	unknown	Gulf of Carpentaria	Gulf St Vincent

Steven Newman	United States	1 July 1985	20 June 1986	293	Darwin	Melbourne

Roger Scott	Australia	6 August 1988	22 November 1988	109	Darwin	Dover

Ffyona Campbell	Scotland	11 September 1988	14 December 1988	95	Sydney	Fremantle

Nobby Young	Australia	1 March 1993	1 March 1994	365	Sydney	Sydney

David Mason	Australia	23 March 1998	13 November 1998	236	Byron Bay	Steep Point

Andrew Harper	Australia	25 April 1999	10 December 1999	229	Tropic of Capricorn

Polly Letofsky	United States	29 October 2000	22 July 2001	267	Melbourne	Port Douglas

Jon Muir	Australia	18 May 2001	22 September 2001	128	Port Augusta	Burketown

Dave Mckern	Australia	15 June 2003	8 November 2003	146	Sydney	Perth

leigh holderness	Australia	17 October 2003	15 October 2004	365	Seaford Vic	Melbourne

John Olsen	Australia	2004	unknown	167	Cape York Peninsula	South East Cape

Colin Ricketts	Australia	4 January 2005	17 January 2006	379	Adelaide	Adelaide

Jeff Johnson	Australia	5 April 2007	2 September 2007	151	Port Augusta	Kurumba

Deanna Sorensen	Canada	2 May 1998	28 October 1998	180	Perth	Sydney

Michael Mitchell	Australia	5 May 2008	3 May 2009	363	Cape York Peninsula	Wilsons Promontory

Gary Hause	United States	19 May 2008	2 November 2008	168	Cairns	Torquay

John Olsen	Australia	18 June 2008	3 January 2009	200	Steep Point	Cape Byron

Dave Phoenix	Australia	1 August 2008	8 January 2009	161	Melbourne	Kurumba

Dave Leaning	United Kingdom	29 April 2009	21 July 2009	84	Port Augusta	Karumba

Mike Pauly	Australia	16 May 2009	19 October 2009	156	Fremantle	Melbourne

Mark Gibben	Australia	22 February 2009	18 May 2009	86	Perth	Sydney

Leigh Thomson-Matthews	Australia	8 March 2010	3 July 2010	118	Perth	Melbourne

Sam Thomson-Matthews	Australia	8 March 2010	3 July 2010	118	Perth	Melbourne

Mike Pauly	Australia	1 March 2011	26 June 2011	118	Melbourne	Fremantle

Jeff Johnson	Australia	24 April 2011	2 October 2011	162	Cape Byron	Steep Point

Axel Raftos	Australia	11 August 2011	4 February 2012	177	Melbourne	Fremantle

Jacob French	Australia	20 July 2011	12 April 2012	268	Perth	Sydney

Florian Stiegler Weltmichl	Germany	10 October 2011	10 October 2012	365	Darwin, Northern Territory	Perth, Western Australia

Andrew Cadigan	Australia	27 December 2010	14 June 2012	536	Sydney	Sydney

Matt Napier	Australia	2 February 2013	28 June 2013	147	Perth	Sydney

Steve Quirk	Australia	10 January 2014	17 March 2014	67	Wollongong, New South Wales	Fremantle, Western Australia

Jimmy Harrington	Australia	19 May 2013	1 June 2014	378	Adelaide, South Australia	Adelaide, South Australia

Brendon E.D.Alsop (and Jojo)	Australia	21 February 2013	3 January 2014	317	Geelong	Cairns

Scott Loxley	Australia	2 November 2013	15 June 2015	601	Melbourne, Victoria	Melbourne, Victoria

Gary Wilmot	Australia	16 May 2015	17 September 2015	124	Perth, Western Australia	Brisbane, Queensland

Joe Edwards	Australia	1 July 2015	20 November 2015	143	Cairns, Queensland	Melbourne, Victoria

Veronica Hegarty	Australia	28 March 2016	4 November 2016	221	Perth, Western Australia	Sydney, New South Wales

John Olsen	Australia	31 March 2016	24 December 2016	269	Cape York	Cape Leeuwin

Tracey Humphreys	Australia	19 May 2016	6 August 2017	lots of days	Townsville, Queensland	Broome Via Darwin

William Soulsby	Australia	19 August 2016	7 January 2015	142	Cairns, Queensland	Melbourne, Victoria

Arjun Bhogal	United Kingdom	8 November 2016	3 May 2017	167	Perth, Western Australia	Newcastle, New South Wales

Ove Rasmussen Kjaer	New Zealand	5 April 2017	20 July 2017	116	Port Augusta, South Australia	Darwin, Northern Territory

Ashok Alexander	Australia	15 April 2017	27 September 2017	166	Darwin, Northern Territory	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Tristan Harris	Australia	1 May 2017	31 Oct 2017	184	HMAS Stirling, Garden Island, W.A	HMAS Creswell, Jervis Bay NSW

Terra Roam	Australia	22 February 2014	2 May 2018	4 years	Newcastle, New South Wales	Newcastle, New South Wales

Sentence(s)

On 18 June 2008, John Olsen undertook his second walk, walking from Steep Point, to Cape Byron.

final_sentence: On 18 June 2008, John Olsen undertook his second walk, walking from Steep Point, to Cape Byron.