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Early lifeWhen Mike was eight and Mal was five they migrated with their parents from England to Newcastle, New South Wales, and Mike attended Wallsend Public School.[4][4] Aged 15 Mike won a trip to the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne from a cartoon-drawing competition, and his father bought him a 16mm movie camera to take along.[5] Media careerBy the age of 21 Mike was a news cameraman at NBN Television and at age 18 Mal was working as a cadet at Newcastle's now-defunct newspaper The Sun.[7] Their first regular TV series, Ask the Leyland Brothers, ran on Australian television from 1976 to 1980, and again from 1983 to 1984.[3] The show often provided Australian viewers with their first look at outback Australia. A following documentary series called Leyland Brothers' World appeared on Australian television. Rather than viewers writing in and asking the Leyland brothers to visit a particular place in Australia and provide information about it as in Ask the Leyland Brothers, it focused on exploration by the Leyland brothers in Australia and featured a double-decker bus. The television show is not to be confused with the theme park of the same name. HonoursIn 1980 the brothers were awarded the MBE for services to the film industry.[6] Leyland Brothers World and bankruptcyIn November 1990 the Leyland Brothers opened the theme park Leyland Brothers World ({{coord|32|37|3|S|152|4|48|E|type:landmark}}), on a 40-hectare property at North Arm Cove on the Pacific Highway north of Newcastle, New South Wales.[7] It included a 1/40 scale replica of Uluru,[8] as well as amusement rides, playground, roadhouse, museum and a 144-student-capacity bush camp. The Uluru replica became a known family stopping location for road trippers.[9] In a 1997 article in The Sunday Age, Mike Leyland said that the initial A$1 million loan blew out due to rain during construction and a 27% interest rate.[10] In July 1992 Chris Palmer of BDO Nelson was appointed receiver and manager of the park when the Leyland Brothers company failed to meet its loan commitment to the Commonwealth Bank.[7] Auctioneers Colliers Jardine estimated the yearly attendance of the park to be about 400,000 people, with 10,000 students for the bush camp.[9] After an auction held by the receiver on 26 November 1992 the theme park was sold for $800,000,[7] and continued to trade successfully as the Great Aussie Bushcamp.[11] The brothers went bankrupt.[12] The Uluru replica was destroyed by fire on 31 July 2018.[13] Later careersAfter the 1992 bankruptcy, Mike and his wife Margie ran a New Lambton video store and worked for the park's new owner. In 1997 Mike sold part of his Tea Gardens property to fund the production of a far-north Queensland film for Channel Seven. Mike and his wife Margie signed a contract with Channel Seven for 12 one-hour documentaries, the first of which aired in 1998 in The World Around Us slot.[14] On 14 September 2009 Mike Leyland died from Parkinson's disease.[15] He was 68 years old. 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 launched a travel magazine.[14] In 1997 Mal and Laraine launched a bi-monthly magazine, Leyland's Australia.[12] In 2000 Mal produced the television show Leyland's Australia, with Laraine, daughter Carmen and her husband Robert Scott[16]—travelling around Australia in a caravan.[25] In April 2000 Channel Nine cancelled the show after six episodes but the series was then picked up by Network Ten.[17] Mal and Laraine have written travel stories for ROAM magazine,[18] a number of novels and cookbooks, and in 2015, Mal published his memoirs, entitled Still Travelling. Laraine passed away 22nd November 2018 in Tasmania. Documentaries{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}
Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Hayes Family 3. Uluru 4. Ochre Pits 5. Fly Over Kings Canyon 6. Arltunga Visitors Centre
Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Maits Rest 3. The Grotto 4. Princess Margaret Rose Cave 5. Goolwa 6. Kangaroo Island
Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Desert Park 3. Granites Gold Mine 4. Back On The Tanami 5. Bungle Bungle Range 6. Dawn Kununurra
Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Willochra Plain 3. Talc Sculptures 4. Marree 5. Coward Springs 6. 1961 7. Peak Hill Ruins 8. Fogarty's Claypan 9. Puncture Repair 10. Mac Clark Reserve 11. Chambers Pillar 12. Credits
Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Tuckers Lookout 3. Lava Tubes 4. Cobbold Gorge 5. Chillagoe 6. Dorunda
Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. The Great Top Road 3. Lawn Hill 4. Track To Bowthorn Station 5. Track To Hells Gate 6. Cape Crawford
Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Dalgaranga 3. Three Pools 4. Chinamans Pool 5. Walking Trail 6. Kalamina Falls
Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Jabiru Airport 3. Gunlom 4. Nourlangie 1967 5. Yellow Water 6. Twin Falls 7. Ubirr Lookout 8. Fishing 9. Bush Tucker 10. Caves 11. Port Essington 12. Credits
Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Bloomfield Falls 3. Archer River 4. Frenchmans Track 5. Fruit Bat Falls 6. Dugout Canoe Television series
Bibliography
References1. ^Farewell Mike Leyland {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215161836/http://www.nbnnews.com.au/index.php/2009/09/14/farewell-mike-leyland/ |date=15 December 2013 }}. NBN News, 14 Sep 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2013 2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,26071278-948,00.html|title=Mike Leyland dies, aged 68|date=14 September 2009|work=news.com.au|accessdate=15 September 2009}} 3. ^1 Channel Surfing Safari, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 April 2003 4. ^{{cite web | title = 150th Year Celebrations | work = Wallsend Public School | url = http://www.wallsend-p.schoolwebsites.com.au/150-year-celebrations.aspx | accessdate =3 February 2012 }} 5. ^{{cite news |first= Spencer |last= Leighton |title= Leyland brother's venture |work= Geelong Advertiser |publisher= Nationwide News Proprietary Pty Ltd |date= 3 January 2004}} 6. ^{{cite news |first= Georgina |last= Safe |title= Leylands out of the Wilderness |work= The Australian |publisher= Nationwide News Proprietary Ltd |date= 2 July 1997}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite news |first= Jeni |last= Harvie |title= $800,000 Leyland Sale |work= Australian Financial Review |publisher= John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd |page= 33 |date= 8 December 1992}} 8. ^{{cite news |author= Nicholas Way (ed.) |title= Leyland Bros Go West |work= Business Review Weekly |publisher= John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd |page= 12 |date= 24 July 1992}} 9. ^1 {{cite news |author= Pam Walkley And Aap |title= Theme Park for Auction |work= Australian Financial Review |publisher= John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd |page= 44 |date= 19 October 1992}} 10. ^1 {{cite news |first= Peter |last= Wilmoth |title= How The Leyland Brothers Lost Their Way |work= Sunday Age |publisher= John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd |date= 27 July 1997}} 11. ^Great Aussie Bushcamp website 12. ^1 {{cite news |first= Darren |last= Lovell |title= Leylands rebuilding their world |work= Sunday Telegraph |publisher= Nationwide News Proprietary Ltd |date= 3 August 1997}} 13. ^{{cite news |title='Fake Uluru' at The Rock Roadhouse near Newcastle destroyed by fire |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-31/fake-uluru-on-pacific-highway-alight/10058532 |accessdate=1 August 2018 |publisher=ABC News |date=31 July 2018}} 14. ^1 2 {{cite news |first= James |last= Joyce |title= Ask The Leylands About Sibling Rivalry |work= Newcastle Herald |publisher= John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd |date= 26 February 2000}} 15. ^{{cite news |first= Jesse |last= Perez |title= Australian explorer Mike Leyland dies age 68 |work= Livenews.com.au |publisher= Macquarie National News |date= 14 September 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.livenews.com.au/feature/australian-explorer-mike-leyland-dies-age-68/2009/9/14/219364 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-09-14 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916220448/http://livenews.com.au/feature/australian-explorer-mike-leyland-dies-age-68/2009/9/14/219364 |archivedate=16 September 2009 |df=dmy-all }} Australian explorer Mike Leyland dies age 68] 16. ^{{cite news |first= Claire|last= Heaney |title= Leylands hot up act |work= Herald Sun |publisher= Herald and Weekly Times Limited |date= 14 October 2000}} 17. ^1 {{cite news |first= James |last= Joyce |title= Out Of The Wilderness |work= Newcastle Herald |publisher= John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd |date=1 September 2000 }} 18. ^timetoroam.com.au 19. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.flashbackentertainment.com/movie.asp?ID=1877 | title=Mike and Margie Leyland: Travel All Over The Countryside 3 DVD Box Set | accessdate=28 October 2011}} 20. ^{{cite news |first= Alison |last= Barclay |title= Out Back with the Reel Thing |work= Herald Sun |publisher= Herald and Weekly Times Limited |date= 28 October 1997}} External links
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