It's one of the most remote towns in the world – yet travellers to Birdsville are discovering there's a whole new shine to the Queensland outback icon. The famed pub has a new owner and has had ...

In short: Birdsville's officer-in-charge Senior Constable Stephan Pursell is retiring after nearly a decade in the job. He is the only police officer in the remote outback Queensland town.

Where better to plan strategies for dealing with the new climate normal than the edge of Australia’s Simpson Desert?

The April 2022 Birdsville Races offer a record combined prize purse of $262,500 across the two days of racing. Racegoers who travelled from all corners of Australia for the two-day event ...

The Brooks are still playing a pivotal role in building Birdsville but these days only Jenna, her brother Anthony and their parents, David, 74, and Nell, 73, remain in the tiny outback town.

Thousands of jovial racegoers adorned in cowboy hats and Hawaiian shirts have descended on a tiny outback town in Queensland for an iconic day of racing. The 139th Birdsville Races kicked off on ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Mackay. Followed categories will be added to My News. The tiny drought-prone town received more than 68mm of rain - nearly three times its average January ...

Until last week, I had never heard of Birdsville - a sleepy Queensland town located in the south-east corner of the intimidating Simpson Desert, over 1,100km from the nearest Australian capital city.

RETIRED policeman Ken Murphy has finally arrived at the race "where the dust never settles" after a week negotiating mud and rain on the road to Birdsville.

Where better to plan strategies for dealing with the new climate normal than the edge of Australia’s Simpson Desert? The mercury is already nudging 40C on a February morning in Birdsville and ...