Heavy downpours in the Simpson Desert have left a man stranded in his vehicle while authorities make enquiries about another ...

In the scorching Australian opal mining town of Coober Pedy, White people live in cool “dugouts” while their Aboriginal ...

Varda, a US firm planning to manufacture pharmaceuticals in low Earth orbit, is expecting its second capsule to return to Earth this week ...

And the Red Centre is sometimes greener in the Australian winter than expected. Sturt's Desert Roses bloom purple ... too Even for Australians the outback has remained a strange, mythical wilderness.

Out in the bush consisting of small-sized Mallee eucalypt shrubs, shade is a rarity. Meanwhile, the pale tufts of spinifex ...

The dramatic scenery of Glen Helen Gorge, in the heart of Australia, draws painters such as Australia's Albert Namatjira. Florian Sanktjohanser/dpa-tmn ...

Tourists will be able to enjoy outback adventures and marvel at remote landscapes and wildlife when Australia's largest national park and other desert ...

Miriam Margolyes heads into the Australian outback and the mining town of Broken ... where The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert was filmed, learns about the local community and its ...

For nearly a century, the Ghan railway has connected passengers to difficult-to-reach corners of the Australian Outback, ...

Birdsville's officer-in-charge of Queensland's most remote police outpost looks back on the challenges of policing an area the size of the United Kingdom.

Guide Hayley Pope, a young Sydneysider-turned outback adventurer, bounds out of the minibus to unlatch the gate, and we bump along the dirt. Recent rain has suppressed the dust, and the desert is ...

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL is a heart-warming ... searching for love and friendship in the middle of the Australian outback and end up finding more than they could ever have ...