EiA3 was the third walk as part of the 'Education in Action' project. Two of us retraced John Holland's track (we slightly extended it to 616km) from Broomehill to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia on foot and unassisted, pulling our food, water and gear in custom made carts. Normally a 4x4 track, we suspect this may be the first retracing of it on foot in modern times (haven't been able to find any contrary evidence as yet). Making the journey particularly interesting was the fact that we were internet ready, thanks to the help of BGAN satellite broadband technology and large cart-mounted solar panels which recharged our batteries. This enabled us to update our progress every night via Google Maps, and send emails to friends and family, as well as groups of school children back in Perth who were following our progress online. Furthermore, the use of Skype actually allowed us to LIVE teleconference directly to the classroom, answering student's questions and giving them a direct link to 'real life in the Australian outback'. The teddy bears that feature in the videos were actually from Pre-Primary students' class. These children had been following the progress of the walk very simply 'through ted's eyes'. Our website www.eia.net.au is being rebuilt at the time of writing this, but we hope to have it back online soon, packed with photos and information about the history, geography, botany and any other interesting details about this exciting area of Western Australia. A side ...
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