After three days on the road, Daniel Lewis and photographer Steve Christo join the non-stop party at Australia's most famous outback race meeting. On the banks of the Diamantina River, near the tree ...

Birdsville, a pilgrimage point for outback travellers, navigates the ripple effects of flood, fuel fears and the cancellation ...

On day one of the iconic racing event, which draws thousands of punters to the Simpson Desert in South-West Queensland each year, there was almost more bog than booze as revellers ploughed through the ...

Outback festivals Birdsville Big Red Bash and Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash have announced their lineups for 2024. The Big Red Bash will run from Tuesday, 2nd to Thursday, 4th July at the Big Red Sand ...

For the first time in its 134-year history the Birdsville Cup was won by a female trainer and jockey combination. Moore Alpha, trained by Heather Lehmann, was ridden to victory by Darwin jockey Kayla ...

The Birdsville Big Red Bash has been cancelled for 2026, in another blow for regional Australian festivals and the travel circuit. The outback music festival, which takes place on the red dirt of the ...

Heavy rains in South Australia's Far North have hampered travel plans to Birdsville for next week's Big Red Bash music festival, leaving dozens of people stranded at a remote hotel. 50mm of rain in a ...

In its 137th year, racegoers from across the country descended on the tiny town of Birdsville, swelling the community of 100 locals to more than 8000. The feature race, known as the Birdsville Cup, ...