Emerging from the world’s oldest living culture, contemporary Aboriginal art has taken to the global stage to tell tales of ancient landscapes and storylines. Read our full story on the history and future of Aboriginal art in AG #131, available now.
Newbie trekkers tackle the Larapinta Trail over 12 days, learning plenty along the way
Every year, thousands of visitors descend on Alice Springs’ Blatherskite Park for one of our more informal race meetings
A trip to the Red Centre provides a full outback experience, even if it is only for two days.
With characters as colourful as its landscape, Alice Springs is an outback town with distinct personality
Straddling the ephemeral Todd River, Alice Springs is the second largest town in the Northern Territory and the geographical heart of Australia, or as locals are given to saying, “the town closest to every beach in Oz”. In reality, it’s 1200km as the crow flies to the nearest ocean and about 1500km to the closest major cities, Adelaide and Darwin. It has a population of approximately 28,000, 12 per cent of the NT’s population.
Inspired by Robyn Davidson’s 1977 epic camel trek, Esther Nunn led three camels 3000km from Alice Springs to Shark Bay, WA.
School of the Air teacher Kylie Hanson takes us through a typical day in a 1.3 million sq. km schoolyard.