The long way round

CIRCUMNAVIGATING an entire contintinti nent has always appealed ppealed pealed to explorers. From Matthew hew F Flinders in 1801–03 aboard HMS MS In Investigator, to 2017 Australian Geographic graph graphic awardee Lisa Blair in her 15m yac yacht Climate Action Now, Australia’s coastline has challenged plenty of adventurers.rers. adventurers. rers. Distan Distance is not the least of those challeng challenges – extraordinarily, anyone who c circumnavigates the total lengthh length h of t the Australian mainland coastlineine coastline ine h has travelled a distance only 4200km shorthort short hort of the distance around the equator. JOIN US for your own circumnavigation of Australia in 2020. See page 128 for more details.