Australia's Pioneers, Heroes & Fools takes you along the intriguing highways and byways of Australian exploration, focussing on the tricks and tools of the explorer's trade and the trials and tribulations experienced on the journeys. Impeccably researched and featuring many extracts from explorer's diaries and letters, Australia's Pioneers, Heroes & Fools is packed with ripping yarns and fascinating details, revealing the identities, experiences, motivations and in particular the modus operandi of Australia's colonial explorers.