Outback

As the gateway to the Australian Outback, Alice Springs sometimes feels like little more than a stopover for travellers eager to see Uluru or Kata Tjuta (just a lazy four-hour…

The first thing you should know about camels is that they don’t spit on you – they vomit. Adding some stomach contents really bulks up the projectile for predators or…

When I first ventured into the outback, I wanted to discover the real Australia. I wanted to see the red earth, the corrugated roads, and the billion-year-old rock formations. Having…

When you walk around the base of Uluru, you reach a spot that’s divided travellers, locals and politicians for decades. A simple chain handrail snaking up the rock face, and a sign…

Bouncing along a corduroy road at 5:30am, my head drowsily leaning against the bus window, I admired the Tiffany-blue sky and thought about upside down rivers. Yesterday, on our 4-hour…

Visit Uluru at dusk and you might be surprised to see the ground suddenly light up in technicolour bursts. These blooming fields of vivid yellow, purple and pink are part…

Driving along a dusty road in the dead of night, somewhere between the small country towns of Boulia and Winton in central Queensland, a glowing light might suddenly overtake you.…

By Red Centre standards, Alice Springs is a sprawling metropolis. By any other standards in the world, it’s a small town of about 28,000 people, smack bang in the middle…

If you’re flying into Alice Springs or Yulara expecting the Four Seasons and a well-stocked minibar, you may as well turn the plane around right now. The Outback is hot,…