Popular history author Adam Courtenay shares the story of the sailing ship the Sydney Cove which crashed in Bass Strait, on the remnants of the land bridge, in 1797. Seventeen of the stranded crew were compelled to cross Bass Strait and walked 600 miles to Sydney and, in the process, walked their way into Australian history.

Adam Courtenay’s book on the Sydney Cove ‘Three Sheets to the Wind’ is published by ABC books and is available at all good bookstores and online: https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780733341861/three-sheets-to-the-wind/

Adam wrote a companion story about the Sydney Cove for The Land Bridge website which you can read here: https://thelandbridge.au/shipwreck-over-the-land-bridge/

Episode Credits
Host: Lucinda Horrocks. Featuring Adam Courtenay. Audio recorded by Lucinda Horrocks with technical support by Jary Nemo. Project production and studio production by Lucinda Horrocks and Jary Nemo, Wind & Sky Productions. Music: ‘Look to the Sky’ By Piotr Pacyna.

This program is part of the Land Bridge digital story project of film and multimedia stories. A range of companion media and other stories are freely available to read, listen to, watch and share on the website https://thelandbridge.au/ .

The project was funded by the Australian Government through the Our Marine Parks grant program.