Birdsville
Birdsville, outback Queensland: One of Australia's most remote towns revitalised
It's one of the most remote towns in the world – yet travellers to Birdsville are discovering there's a whole new shine to the Queensland outback icon.
- by Sue Williams
Australian outback: A family road trip where the views (and flies) go forever
A family road trip through Outback Queensland and South Australia attracts some unwanted company, writes Mark Daffey.
- by Mark Daffey
Birdsville Races, Queensland: The outback's wildest party
It might be like "like schoolies for the over 50s", but for many Aussies, visiting this event is a bucket list item.
- by Megan Levy
Driving across the Simpson Desert: How to cross the world's largest sand dune desert
Crossing the world's largest sand dune desert should be on your bucket list. But it's not easy.
- by Lee Atkinson
Outback elevation
Bruce Elder joins a group of enthusiastic travellers aboard a Dash 8 for a tour of northern Australia's A-list attractions.
Birdsville
<b>Birdsville</b> <br> <b>Famous isolated outback township which is little more than a pub and few houses.</b> <br> It is hard to imagine any place in Australia which evokes quite the sense of loneliness and isolation as that of Birdsville, the tiny settlement at the northern end of the notorious and dangerous Birdsville track. The poet Douglas Stewart seemed to sum it up when he wrote that it 'has shrunk / Between two deserts / On a ridge in the sun'.
Dune riders
Ainslie MacGibbon sets out with bravado and a shovel on a slow desert crossing.
Top 20 stylish outback escapes
From Tasmania to the Top End, Paul Myers finds remote destinations that deliver adventure with style.