A similar journey would have been made by humans over 65,000 years ago.
The team says there are two main routes that early man could have taken to Australia, known as the northern and southern routes. Both cover a distance of around 55 miles — but the southern route once had islands speckled along the path, so the team thinks this is the more likely route.
He continued,"Their 'moon' was Australia. There was nobody, just huge animals. The feat, we believe, was carried out by who we are calling the Wallaceans, the original inhabitants of the islands which separate the continents of Australia and Eurasia. The Wallaceans would have been the planet's first seafaring community. Which has some heroic connection for me."
Hobman said the biggest risk of the journey is running into a cyclone, as this is the season for them in the region."We would be entirely at the mercy of the conditions—which we are anyway. The sails are palm leaves so they wouldn't stay intact for long. The raft sits low in the water, but it tends to broach when not moving and under control.
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