That’s the situation that faced authorities in Australia, as they scoured over a thousand kilometers of desert highway for a tiny missing radioactive source with the potential to cause serious harm.

A trail from Alice Springs takes hikers through a baking landscape of mountains, pools, plants and trees that inspired an ...

A hiker survived who was lost in Australian mountains for two weeks ... But Australia is a relatively flat continent and the ...

A 66-year-old South Australian man has been airlifted to Birdsville in a stable condition and high spirits. He was stranded for five days in the Munga-Thirri Simpson Desert when heavy rain made ...

A South Australian man is stranded in the Simpson Desert in far western Queensland as rain turns the tracks into mud. Authorities say he'll be stuck there for at least five days but can be ...

But Australia is a relatively flat continent and the mountain is only 2,228 meters (7,310 feet) above sea level. Weather conditions are mild during the current Southern Hemisphere summer.

Two drag queens and a transwoman are contracted to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a town in the remote Australian desert. Travelling in their lavender bus, Priscilla ...

Two drag-queens (Anthony/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia) and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west ...

Birds like wild waterfowl and parakeets in Australian Adventure. But the Living Desert says within the next few weeks, the netting will be removed, and several birds will be reintroduced to their ...