The cancellation of Queensland’s Big Red Bash has sparked fears of an Outback winter tourism wipeout as flooding and fuel costs create a perfect storm. Organisers of Birdsville’s Big Red Bash, ...

There's more to the Birdsville Races than bets, beers and big blowflies. Thousands of punters have come from every corner of Australia to the isolated outpost on the edge of the Simpson Desert to take ...

Legendary showman Fred Brophy has tried to win the Birdsville Cup for four decades, and there will be wedding bells if he can end the curse on Saturday. Legendary boxing troupe showman Fred Brophy ...

In the one cop town of Birdsville the nearest backup is 200km away, outback sultanas are a way of life and saving people is a regular job. “What flies?,” the tiny town’s only cop says when asked if ...