How a breakdown in the search for a boat named Margaret led to adventure on the Birdsville Track

The ABC's Landline crew discovers extreme kindness with a can-do attitude after a mechanical breakdown in South Australia's ...
Adelaide Now

Birdsville hit by 117km/h winds as 467k lightning strikes lash outback QLD

A freak storm hit Birdsville on Monday night with wind gusts of 117kmh, 15mm rainfall and 467,000 lightning strikes recorded within 800km of the town. Weatherzone meteorologist Joel Pippard said a ...
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Lone driver stranded in Simpson Desert for five days tells of 'daunting' wait for rescuers

A South Australian man has been airlifted out of the Munga-Thirri Simpson Desert after five days stranded without phone service as ririsng floodwater threatened to swamp his vehicle. Tony Woolford, 66 ...
The Australian

‘I was the only female jockey at Birdsville’: Cup trailblazer Rebecca Kerwin returns as a trainer

Heading to the 2003 Birdsville Cup, the iconic race on the edge of the remote Simpson Desert, Kerwin flew to the outback town on a four-seater plane. She slept in a swag and was the only female jockey ...