In Australia’s outback, youth crime stymies efforts to get tourism on track | Tourism News
Alice Springs, Australia – For Ben Hall, the CEO of tour bus operator AAT Kings, business lately has been tough. He says visitors are not…
Newly protected Edgbaston Reserve in Queensland home to 37 species found nowhere else in the world
Once a cattle station, this land in outback Queensland is also home to more than three dozen unique species found nowhere else in the world.Unique…
Outback helicopter rescue prompts travel warning from authorities ahead of remote dry season tourism
In short: Authorities are urging tourists to properly prepare for remote dry season travel after tourists were rescued in the East Kimberley last week. The man and his passenger…
Wet Easter weekend ahead for Queensland while outback residents face fourth month of isolation
In short: Significant widespread rain has fallen across much of Queensland over the weekend.Residents in isolated communities say this has been "one of the biggest"…
Seven people found alive after three-day search in WA’s flooded outback
In short: Seven people, including four children, have been found alive after a three-day search in WA's flooded outback.Authorities were alerted after the group failed to…
Struggling to pay rent, Alys McDonough left Sydney to buy a dilapidated house in the outback
Alys McDonough rubs her face with a wet cloth and then proceeds to wrap her panting dog."This is my air conditioning; it's called muslin cloth,"…
Man who made chance fossil discovery in outback Queensland named Local Hero in 2024 Australian of the Year Awards
The man behind a chance fossil discovery that saw palaeontologists flock to outback Queensland, making it a now-famous dinosaur hotspot, has been named Australia's Local…
Kalgoorlie, Australia’s largest outback town, facing a week without power during a heatwave
The town of Kalgoorlie, in WA's Goldfields, has been crippled by a blackout that has impacted the water supply, telephone services, internet connections, fuel stations…
Remote-controlled robots bring metropolitan healthcare experience to outback patients with heart conditions
A robot, operated by health workers in Brisbane, is scanning patients' hearts more than 1,000 kilometres away in the Queensland outback.Sonographers sitting in a tiny…
Dark, dry outback skies prime canvas for Orionid meteor shower
By day, the vast sprawling plains of the outback offer a harsh and bare beauty.By night, astronomers say you'd be hard-pressed to find a more…
Disappearance of gold prospector Alan Graham in SA outback in 2016 investigated at inquest
An abandoned van, the sole of a shoe, and handwritten coordinates are among the clues linked to the mystery disappearance of a prospector in South Australia's outback…
Artificial intelligence called in for landmark study of critically endangered species on outback station
In a wildlife conservation first, artificial Intelligence technology and 24-hour surveillance will be used to monitor the plains-wanderer, a critically endangered bird, as well as threatened marsupial…
Tennant Creek residents urged to prepare as major Barkly bushfire burns closer to NT outback town
Authorities have been going door-to-door in parts of Tennant Creek, warning residents that a major bushfire could spread to the town amid extreme fire conditions.Key points:Tennant Creek residents…
Katter’s Australia Party proposes outback Queensland camps for young offenders
Young offenders would be forcibly relocated to outback detention camps for "intensive rehabilitation" under a proposal by Katter's Australia Party. Key points:Katter's Australia Party wants to…
Big Red Bash punters stranded at outback pub granted exemption to travel Birdsville Track
About 100 South Australians stranded at an outback pub were granted an exemption to use the rain sodden Birdsville Track on the weekend to make…
Fire warning after cars catch alight in outback after dry grass becomes trapped
It looks like a scene from an outback horror movie.Key points:Communities in northern Australia are reporting an increase in vehicle firesCars are catching fire when long…
Outback Queensland towns Blackall, Tambo launch $2 million bid to attract doctors
A council and health service have teamed up to offer a combined $2 million in salary packages in a bid to attract four doctors to…
Julia Creek’s newest doctor, its first for two years, says outback has ‘more to offer’ GPs
After two years of campaigning and a salary package that made headlines, the remote community of Julia Creek in north-west Queensland has finally recruited a doctor.It was…