OUTBACK ATTRACTIONS

Olgas Rocks

- AYERS ROCK - KINGS CANYON - THE OLGAS - SIMPSON DESERT - FITZGERALD RIVER NATIONAL PARK - CAPE LE GRAND NATIONAL PARK - FLINDERS RANGES - NULLARBOR

The Australian soil is the oldest on earth. No earthquakes or volcanos have pushed the soil around for many millions of years, so Australia is older than anything else and aboriginals have lived in Australia for at least 50 000 years. The age of the land is very evident in the outback where you feel humbled by this ancient landscape that haven't changed for so many years and feels strange yet familiar. 

The sunrises and sunsets are so beautiful you think you're on another world. No photograph can truly show what it's like you have to experience a burning red and orange outback sunset to believe it.

Naturally the true "outback" itself is not the easiest place in the world to visit as a tourist. There are no hotels, no b&b, no cafes and hardly any roads for that matter. Unless you know someone living in the outback or can drive a 4WD around Australia on your own, the only choice is an organized 4WD camping trip. Some places are so remote that an organized tour is the only option. Fortunately there are heaps of great tours available. Driving in the outback is quite an experience (and a very deadly experience if you don't know what you're doing). There's something special about driving from early morning till sunset and you haven't passed anything but maybe a road train or two and you haven't arrived at anywhere. The distances are impossible to understand, you have to try it yourself.