A 66-year-old airlifted to Birdsville after five days trapped by floodwaters that threatened to sweep away his vehicle says he's had the adventure of a lifetime.

Alamy A 66-year-old man has reportedly been rescued after being stranded for five days alone in the remote Munga-Thirri Simpson Desert in Queensland, Australia. According to the Australian ...

Catchments in the Flood Watch area are relatively dry. Daily scattered rainfall totals of 40 - 80 mm are possible on Sunday and Monday, with isolated falls of more than 100 mm across the Flood Watch ...

Sebastian Copeland and Mark George complete a 404-mile self-supported trek across Australia’s Simpson Desert by foot, the longest ever attempted. On August 29, Sebastian Copeland and Mark George ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Even before the rains came, the desert began to stir, says Helene Aubault, who lives on the fringe of the Simpson Desert in ...

Footage of the 1939 Simpson Desert Expedition, led by Dr. Cecil Thomas (C.T.) Madigan, with a team of nine. In 1929 CT Madigan undertook a series of aerial reconnaissances of central Australia and ...

Some of the affected areas are normally very dry, including the Munga-Thirri-Simpson Desert, a vast arid region known for its sand dunes. The rains started on March 23 as an inland low pressure ...