SES volunteers turn ‘cameleers’ to get caravan back on the road

What do you do when your caravan of camels gets stuck in the rugged Tasmanian wilderness?

After exhausting your attempts to convince your 300-kilogram companions to shuffle along, you do what adventurer and cameleer John Arthur Elliott did – call the State Emergency Service.

Mr Elliott’s odyssey across Australia began in 2019, trekking with his trusty dingo cross red heeler and five camels loaded up with gear, including a portable fridge and a generator.

But on Monday, they found themselves…