Maynard Carlisle spoke to the Rotary Club on his time with the National Survey, travelling every state and PNG over 5 years.
With HQ in Melbourne, groups of up to 10 with a qualified surveyor plus technical assistants and field assistants would set out with equipment, swags and food for up to a year, mapping Australia.
Some mapping and surveying not done since Captain Cook.
Maynard showed a slide presentation illustrating the extreme conditions from desert in the outback to mountains and jungle in PNG with pictures of working parties in these conditions.