In i860, Robert Burke and William Wills time) started _(start) an expedition to travel across Australia from south to north. No white 2 I didn't eat breakfast. I was hungry, (so) man *_(ever do) this before, and 3 Mum forgot to pack the food. We decided to eat one year earlier the government our picnic, (but) 2 _(offer) a prize to the first people to do it. 4 We bought and ate some sandwiches. It stopped Burke and Wills3_(organize) a raining, (after) group of nineteen men and set off in August. Three months later, they4_ 5 I brought a ball with me in the car. We played (arrive) at Cooper Creek. Then Burke, Wills games on the beach, (so) and five other menS_(continue) their journey to the north coast. The rest of 6 All the other people went. We left the beach. the men established a camp at Cooper Creek (when) andf_(wait) for them to return. 7 I fell asleep in the car. We arrived home, (by By the time they reached the north the time) coast in February 1861, Burke and Wills -(travel) 2,000 miles across 7 two deserts. But the journey" ( took) 60 days instead of 45 days and, as a result, theyi._(already eat) most of their food. The return journey was terrible. They -(be) hungry and tired and the ," desert was incredibly hot. When they finally -(arrive) back at Cooper Creek " Self-evaluation Rate your progress. on the 2ii, of April, the other men u u u -(leave). Burke and Wills had 12 asked them to wait for thirteen weeks and in fact, they,3-(wait) for eighteen weeks. In the end, they"4_ (abandon) the camp only nine hours before Burke and Wills "S_(return). Burke and Wills didn,t have the strength to travel any further and both men -(die) in June 1861.