Birdsville Track Audio Tour
The Birdsville Track runs from Marree in northern South Australia, to Birdsville just over the border in outback Queensland. It cuts through three deserts – the Tirari Desert, Sturts Stony Desert and the Simpson. This legendary, 500-kilometre-long, dirt road has Read More …
Birdsville’s an iconic outback town – perhaps the iconic outback town! Birdsville was enshrined in legend by the Back of Beyond movie (1954) which followed Mailman Tom Kruse and his off-sider Henry Butler on the hazardous Birdsville Track mail run Read More …
Built in around 1882 from local sandstone, the Birdsville Hotel has been blown down once and burnt down twice! It’s said that a ghost haunts the ladies’ toilet! Th iconic outback hotel is now owned by David Brook and Kym Read More …
No need to pay for a spa treatment! Just visit Mirra Mitta Bore! Don’t step into the bore pond though – the water comes out at around 100 degrees celsius! (It cools down further down the creek.) I’m forever amazed Read More …
I love this mosque. It isn’t a real one – it’s actually a replica, dedicated to the Muslim cameleers (often called ‘Afghans’ even though they weren’t!). Outback towns like Birdsville relied on the cameleers. You see, horse hooves sink into Read More …
The CD printers have promised me they’ll pull out all stops to get the CDs onto the next truck into Birdsville, so fingers crossed! The truck’s still my best option! I remember from my Birdsville days, suppliers would say ‘we’ll Read More …