Destinations
Roxby Downs: Living in an outback mining town
In the middle of Australia’s massive minerals boom, what’s life like in an outback mining town?
Destinations
Believing in Bourke:iconic outback town
Poet Henry Lawson said that to know Bourke is to know Australia. The outback town remains a barometer of Aussie life.
Destinations
Flinders Ranges: Jagged beauty
New ways to enjoy the Flinders Ranges’ ancient grandeur.
Destinations
Reading the Simpson Desert
The AG Society’s ninth scientific expedition fused learned expertise and volunteer zeal to reveal knowledge long-buried in the arid environs of the northern Simpson Desert.
Destinations
T Dimboola: outback town for better, for worse
THE DRY RIVERBED THAT that borders Riverside, Denis Elliott’s “host” farm, is sandy beneath our feet. It’s littered with driftwood and mussel shells. A bilious-green waterhole supports a few die-hard European carp. A family of wood ducks parades among exposed tree roots. “Water is only two-thirds of a river,” says farmer-turned-tourist operator Denis. “The big trees,… View Article