Adventurer Jon Muir to trek alone across the desert

By Louise Turk
Updated February 1 2015 - 5:45pm, first published 5:09pm
World adventurer Jon Muir at the helm of Mystique during his four month Kimberley Voyage with his wife Suzan in 2013. The couple negotiated the infamous daily 11m tidal zones through crocodile infested reefs from Whyndam to Derby in their tiny eight-metre yacht. Picture: SUZAN MUIR
World adventurer Jon Muir at the helm of Mystique during his four month Kimberley Voyage with his wife Suzan in 2013. The couple negotiated the infamous daily 11m tidal zones through crocodile infested reefs from Whyndam to Derby in their tiny eight-metre yacht. Picture: SUZAN MUIR

Walking alone through the Australian desert without any support would push anyone to the edge, physically and mentally. But Jon Muir says he thrives on a good challenge.

One of the greatest adventurers of modern time, Illawarra-born Jon Muir, has a giant map of Australia which is defined with lines of all the routes he has already walked.

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