For nearly a century, the Ghan railway has connected passengers to difficult-to-reach corners of the Australian Outback, ...

Many celebrate too early after setting eyes on this outback monolith, which is actually bigger – though not as spectacular – ...

An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably extinct, may still be running around in the inhospitable remote Sturt Stony Desert—and Flinders University researchers have ...

And the Red Centre is sometimes greener in the Australian winter than expected. Sturt's Desert Roses bloom purple, Umbrella Wattles bear tiny yellow flower balls. Some 600 plant species grow in ...

Species such as the critically endangered central rock rat are set to get some much needed protection in a 40,000 sqm patch ...