Science & Environment
Discovering the dinosaurs Down Under
From killers of the freezing Antarctic wastes to titanic herbivores, Australian dinos are being dug up in great numbers.
Tag: outback
News
Swarm of unusual locusts descends on NSW
A plague of locusts of a kind not normally found so far south is descending on the central west of New South Wales.
News
Giant asteroid impact found in Aussie outback
Evidence of what may be Australia’s second largest impact crater has turned up on the Queensland-SA border.
News
Aboriginal people buy Uluru resort
The Aboriginal Land Corporation has bought the Ayers Rock Resort for $300 million.
Adventure
Life on the Ghan: the train across Australia
Life finds a tempo all of its own in the sleek cocoon speeding between Darwin and Adelaide.
Destinations
Tips for driving in the Kimberley
Here are 16 tips for driving in the Kimberley that can also be applied to driving in other remote regions of the Australian outback.
Destinations
A five-day drive through the Kimberley
Diana Plater takes us on a drive through typical Kimberley country: gorges, red cliffs, and boab trees.
News
Indian Pacific celebrates 40 years
One of the world’s greatest train journeys, across Australia’s arid interior, is marking its 40th birthday.
News
Flooding stops Birdsville races
For only the third time in 128 years, the Birdsville races have been cancelled – this time due to flooding.
History & Culture
Noonkanbah: fight for Aboriginal land rights
As Kimberley locals protest a $30 billion gas hub at James Price Point, we revisits the scene of a historic land rights battle in the same region.