Dust, Drought and Distance – South Australian Outback

By Marion Halliday - South Australia isn’t called the driest state of the driest continent on earth for nothing. But just because a lot of South Australia’s 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 miles²) is outback and desert country doesn’t mean there’s nothing to see and do there.

South Australia is so large that only 30 countries on earth are larger. So, of course, the landscape is wide, open and empty. The sky’s so big and blue by day and ablaze with colour as the sun sinks below the horizon’s flat line that it’ll dominate your photos without even trying. It’s a country of vast plains crisscrossed by (mostly) dry river beds, bisected by a maze of dusty tracks and scattered with unexpected rock formations and sand dunes in impossible colours and shapes.

When you look beyond the dust, drought and the endless distances, the scenery is stunning, in a remote Aussie Outback kind of way.

Venture a few hours north of the more popular (and green!) coastal fringe and it will feel like a different universe. Or at the very least, like landing on the moon. Add in a diverse and unexpected collection of state, national and world record holding attractions and this remote part of Australia becomes not just memorable, but magic.

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Marion Halliday is Red Nomad OZ, author, blogger and Aussie traveller who loves discovering nature-based attractions and activities – and scenic loos – all over Australia. Her Aussie travel expertise, photography and the storytelling skills she developed in corporate life come together in her Aussie travel blog where the highlights (and lowlights) of her many years of downunder travel provide inspiration for other Aussie explorers.

All photos by Marion Halliday.

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