To inaugurate Smithsonian's new travel section, Smithsonian Journeys, the writer joined seven urbanites and took a trip deep into the Australian outback with the Outback Camel Company. A month ...

A 66-year-old airlifted to Birdsville after five days trapped by floodwaters that threatened to sweep away his vehicle says he's had the adventure of a lifetime.

Floodwaters from “exceptional” monsoonal rains in western Queensland were devastating for many graziers but are already ...

Alamy A 66-year-old man has reportedly been rescued after being stranded for five days alone in the remote Munga-Thirri Simpson Desert in Queensland, Australia. According to the Australian ...

A trail from Alice Springs takes hikers through a baking landscape of mountains, pools, plants and trees that inspired an Aboriginal artist.

In March 2025, an extraordinary deluge in Queensland unleashed massive flooding across Australia's outback, overwhelming ...

"There was once a woman who lived in the desert." So begins ... woman seated alone on a stool in the middle of the Australian outback, holding, inexplicably, a human skull in her lap, to the ...

A 66-year-old man has reportedly been rescued after being stranded for five days alone in the remote Munga-Thirri Simpson Desert in Queensland, Australia. According to the Australian Broadcasting ...