You can rent a four-wheel drive vehicle and head off the beaten track into the outback, but some knowledge and good preparation is required. Plenty of experienced outfitters run outback tours to the ...

Colourful men and women get behind the wheel of monster trucks as they tackle extreme conditions over the toughest roads and loneliest highways of the Australian outback in order to deliver their ...

In 1958, Brisbane-based Shirley Smith (née Cotterell) was eager to see some of country Australia before jetting off for a trip around the world. When an opportunity presented itself to work in the ...

Oakie, a young blue heeler pup, is supposed to be delivered to Texas, USA, but through a courier bungle he ends up in Texas, Queensland, in Outback Australia. Oakie is quickly befriended by Action ...

The Stone Cottage at Ooraminna Station, a half-hour drive into the Australian Outback from Alice Springs. Photo / Joanna Wane Sunset has plunged the desert into darkness but the night air is warm on ...