Parody of historical epics that focuses on real-life Australian explorers William John Wills and Robert O'Hara Burkes, who tragically tried to cross the Australian continent from the south, to the north, a distance of 3,250 km.

Garry McDonald
as Robert O'Hara Burke

Kim Gyngell
as William John Wills

Roy Baldwin
as Charley Gray

Mark Little
as John King

Peter Collingwood
as Sir William Stawell

Jonathan Hardy
as John Macadam

Nicole Kidman
as Julia Matthews

Wynn Roberts
as William Wright

Alex Menglet
as William Brahe

Tony Rickards
as Patton