There was an American military aircraft during WW2 that was to fly from Cairns, in north Queensland, to Port Moresby - due north- in New Guinea. "How do I get there ?" asks the driver. "Mate, just turn left and follow the coast" says the old digger. So, the intrepid birdman does just that, followed the coast - around the pointy bit at the top right of Australia and still following the coast, all the way down into the Gulf of Carpentaria until he ran out of fuel. Rumour is that 50 years later somebody finally found him.
Sad really.
Heat.