The other part was to go overland, and it was an open question which of them would suffer the more from the hot summer sun.
"Ahead of the Army"
W. O. Stoddard
"In that case, captain, I shall prefer going on shore, and making my way overland to my friend's house.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
In short, the commencement of such a journey seemed the first step in the direct road home to England, for it was not to be doubted that on the discovery of a good overland route between Sydney and the head of the Gulf of Carpentaria, a line of steam communication would thereupon be introduced from that point to meet the English line at Singapore.
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell