desert Archives

Birds flock to the Red Centre after rains

After heavy rains early in the season, birds and other wildlife are returning to the desert in droves.

Central Australia has been transformed this year and Uluru and its surrounds are blanketed with wildflowers and green foliage.

As boom time ends for outback budgies, flocks up to 60,000 strong are congregating on water bodies.

Photographer Peter Elfes captures the continuing green flush at Lake Eyre, following unprecedented flooding.

Melbourne man is crossing the Western Desert to help pay for the treatment of kidney disease.

The desert channel country of western Queensland is a region of historical geography and great beauty.

Diana Plater takes us on a drive through typical Kimberley country: gorges, red cliffs, and boab trees.

One of the world’s greatest train journeys, across Australia’s arid interior, is marking its 40th birthday.

An AG-sponsored expedition used hidden microphones and dug down below the Simpson Desert to find these native oddities.

Sightings of the strange little desert creatures are so infrequent that we know virtually nothing about them.