TOWNSVILLE-based veterans ’ support group the Cameleers this month were elbows-deep in outback history as they tried to find a “ lost ” homestead , and recorded hitherto secret traditional Aboriginal re-burials of ancestral remains . Leader , former RAAF LAC George Koulakis said the trip was another opportunity to rehearse aspects of their ultimate mission - to retrieve the cache of equipment and journals at Burke and Wills ’ Plant Camp . The expedition to the Plant Camp planned for September last year was abandoned when the area was flooded but George hopes to mount another attempt this year . George , and fellow Cameleers Steve Brunell and Rob Anderson went into the desert with Mithaka Elders , and half a dozen academics from Griffith and Harvard universities . They spent 10 days in Mithaka country , assisting the Elders and academics in a wide range of tasks including examining a 10m long dinosaur fossil , extracting DNA samples from four sets of skeletal human remains , and documenting the traditional burial of three Mithaka ancestors ’ remains . George said it was a particular honour to be asked to film the ceremony surrounding the re-burials . “ This has never been seen by Europeans before ,” George said . “ Mithaka Elders charged the Cameleers with the responsibiity of recording the event . “ It was the adventure of a lifetime for the three of us there .” They also attempted to find an old homestead once occupied and managed by the family of