A specialised vehicle company in Queensland has created what might be the most elaborate camper van of all time. Designed by Gold Coast manufacturer SLRV for a family looking to explore the outback without relinquishing creature comforts, the ‘Commander’ is a sight to behold. Towering two storeys high, the 40-foot ‘expedition’ vehicle rests on eight … Read more
The stepfather of a British backpacker whose boyfriend Peter Falconio was murdered in the Australian outback almost two decades ago has sensationally said he believes the man convicted of killing him is innocent. Broome mechanic Bradley John Murdoch was convicted of murdering Mr Falconio, 28, and assaulting Joanne Lees, then 27, on a remote stretch … Read more
You will definitely work up a thirst navigating to these remote bars – they are the most troublesome-to-reach drinking holes on the planet. Two UK pubs make the list – one in Scotland, one off the Devon coast – along with a bar in the frozen wilds of Antarctica, two boozers in the blistering Australian … Read more
Flying car race scheduled for end of the year in the Australian Outback at the site of the original Mad Max film production Airspeeder will host an exhibition race of flying cars in the Australian Outback The company hopes the event could become the F1 of the 21st century The first race will take place … Read more
Viewers have been left divided over Joanne Lees behaviour following the murder of her boyfriend British backpacker Peter Falconio 19 years ago after police interviews resurfaced in a new Channel 4 series last night. Murder in the Outback: The Falconio and Lees Mystery looks back at the Australian police case, after Peter went missing on a … Read more
Banjawarn Station takes up a million acres of shrub and grassland on the edge of the Great Victoria Desert in the middle of Western Australia. It is marginal land to graze livestock but about as isolated as any habitable place that exists on the planet and the perfect location to do things without being watched. … Read more
Experts discover the remains of an extinct species of LION in outback Australia with razor sharp teeth capable of ‘slicing through bones’ Paleontologists discovered an extinct species of marsupial lion in the Outback Lekaneleo roamed the highlands of Queensland, Australia, 23 million years ago Now extinct, Lekaneleo was the size of a cat and had … Read more