Uluru.

Outback with a vengeance

Cheaper flights and a swag of new tour resorts and hotel makeovers are helping lure travellers back to central Australia, writes Lee Atkinson.

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Junction ... Cameron Corner.

Life beyond the wire

At the intersection of three states, Briar Jensen finds the landscape is both lush and barren, bewildering and beautiful.

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Sands of time ... the pinnacles of Lake Mungo's Walls of China.

A Mars landing

Lance Richardson surveys the otherworldly landscape and deep history of Lake Mungo.

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Fly-past ... the Darling River in flood.

Air and water

Penny Watson buckles up for a bird's-eye view of the outback during a tour in a small plane.

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Mad Max 2 Mel Gibson

Truly, madly, deeply

West of Broken Hill, Kerry van der Jagt finds a man's love for a classic film under a pile of wrecks and relics.

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Put routes down ... the Chillagoe Caves west of Cairns.

Into the wide, found land

Lee Atkinson traces six great journeys of six great Australian explorers across deserts, rivers and ranges.

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