from Parkinson's disease; he was 68 years old. Mal had met with his brother shortly before he died, suggesting that they go on one last adventure. Mike is survived by his wife Margie, his daughters Kerry, Sandy and Dawn, his stepdaughters Sarah and Alison, and seven grandchildren. Mal and his wife Laraine ran a photo processing lab in Queensland and in 1997 launched a bi-monthly travel magazine, Leyland's Australia. In 2000 Mal produced the television show Leyland's Australia, with Laraine, daughter Carmen and her husband Robert Scott, in which they travelled around Australia in an RV and a camping trailer. In April 2000 Channel Nine cancelled the show after six episodes but the series was then picked up by Network Ten. Mal and Laraine have also written travel stories for ROAM magazine, a number of novels and cookbooks, and in 2015, Mal published his memoirs, entitled Still Travelling. Laraine died on 22 November 2018 in Tasmania aged 75. In 2019 Mal became a travel correspondent for Studio 10, and as of 2021 contributes to The Camping & Off Road Radio Show. Filmography Documentaries Down the Darling (1963) – A trip from Mungindi, Queensland, to Mildura, Victoria, following the 2,300-kilometre course of the Darling River, part of Australia's longest river system, in a small aluminium boat. An accompanying book was titled Great Ugly River and was published by Lansdowne Press in 1965. Wheels Across a Wilderness (1966) – Driving two Land Rovers from Steep Point, Western Australia, across the centre of the continent to Cape Byron, New South Wales. The trip was also published as a book, Where Dead Men Lie. Open Boat to Adventure (1969) – A six-month journey from Darwin to Sydney in an 18-foot open boat, following the coast around Arnhem Land and Cape York. The book was titled Untamed Coast. The Wet (1972) – Documents a journey to what is now called Kakadu National Park via Darwin. There were no sealed roads to the north-west part of the Northern Territory at the time. It also provides footage of a Darwin before Cyclone Tracy. Travel All Over The Countryside Travel All Over The Countryside was originally a series of one-hour documentaries commissioned by the Seven Network in the late 1990s and produced by Mike and Margie Leyland. The films were later released on DVD by Flashback Entertainment. Lure of the Red Centre Border Country The Stormy Coast Outback