Photo Gallery: Scenes from Australia's Outback

 

The Outback is a harsh land of impossible beauty that is inhabited by special people.

 
April 20, 2011
 
 
 
Les, a local aboriginal elder poses in Longreach, Australia. Queensland recently suffered a series of extreme floods from December 2010 to January 2011, affecting more than 200,000 people across more than 70 towns. The State is recovering and after the flooding, many areas of outback Queensland are now thriving with the resulting effect on wildlife and flora being described as “once-in-a-generation”. With tourism vital to the State's economy, the Queensland and Australian government have committed AUD10 million in emergency tourism funding to promote travel to the state, highlighting Queensland as "open for business."
 

Les, a local aboriginal elder poses in Longreach, Australia. Queensland recently suffered a series of extreme floods from December 2010 to January 2011, affecting more than 200,000 people across more than 70 towns. The State is recovering and after the flooding, many areas of outback Queensland are now thriving with the resulting effect on wildlife and flora being described as “once-in-a-generation”. With tourism vital to the State's economy, the Queensland and Australian government have committed AUD10 million in emergency tourism funding to promote travel to the state, highlighting Queensland as "open for business."

Photograph by: Mark Kolbe, Getty Images

 
Les, a local aboriginal elder poses in Longreach, Australia. Queensland recently suffered a series of extreme floods from December 2010 to January 2011, affecting more than 200,000 people across more than 70 towns. The State is recovering and after the flooding, many areas of outback Queensland are now thriving with the resulting effect on wildlife and flora being described as “once-in-a-generation”. With tourism vital to the State's economy, the Queensland and Australian government have committed AUD10 million in emergency tourism funding to promote travel to the state, highlighting Queensland as "open for business."
Birdville Bakery owner Dusty Miller sits at the counter in Birdsville, Australia.
Road trains are seen parked in a stopping bay along the Landsborough Highway between Longreach and Winton in Winton, Australia.
The memorial covering the Tree of Knowledge which is regarded as the Australian Labor Party birthplace is seen in Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia.
Grallina cyanoleuca - drinks from a road side drainage ditch in Windorah, Australia.
Kohn Menzies gives visitors a guided tour of The Birdsville Working Museum in Birdsville, Australia. Queensland recently suffered a series of extreme floods from December 2010 to January 2011, affecting more than 200,000 people across more than 70 towns. The State is recovering and after the flooding, many areas of outback Queensland are now thriving with the resulting effect on wildlife and flora being described as “once-in-a-generation”. With tourism vital to the State's economy, the Queensland and Australian government have committed AUD$10 million in emergency tourism funding to promote travel to the state, highlighting Queensland as "open for business."
Three hands holding revolvers representing the troopers from Banjo Paterson's Waltzing Matilda are seen in a sculpture in the main street in Winton, Australia.
Locals ride their bicycles in the street in Barcaldine, Australia.
Wallabies are seen in a paddock in Barcaldine, Australia.
An Aboriginal bora ring is seen on Carisbrooke Station in Winton, Australia.
Charlie Phillott is seen in the main street in Winton, Australia.
A Queensland sign is seen on a rusting corrugated iron shed in Longreach, Australia.
Bales of hay are seen at sunrise at Carisbrooke Station in Winton, Australia.
A statue of A.B. (Banjo) Paterson is seen outside the Waltzing Matilda Centre in Winton, Australia.
A Nobbi Dragon - Amphibolurus nobbi - is seen in Winton, Australia.
The sunrise is seen over raiway lines in Longreach, Australia.
Charlie Phillott looks out from a cliff on a jump-up overlooking the land at Carisbrooke Station in Winton, Australia.
A Curry Camel pie is seen at the Birdsville Bakery in Birdsville, Australia.
A small plant is seen growing amongst the rocks and sand in Birdsville, Australia.
Yellow gum blossoms are seen in Birdsville, Australia.
John Menzies gives visitors a guided tour of the Birdsville Working Museum in Birdsville, Australia.
The Station Store owned by Kinnon & Co is seen in the main street in Longreach, Australia.
Les, a local aboriginal elder who works for Kinnon & Co sits on their fully-laden Cobb & Co Stage Coach ride poses in Longreach, Australia.
Charles Phillott speaks to visitors about the Aboriginal artworks in the caves of Python Gorge at Carisbrooke Station in Winton, Australia.
Aboriginal artworks are seen in the caves of Python Gorge at Carisbrooke Station in Winton, Australia.
An old wooden cross is seen at Carisbrooke Station in Winton, Australia.
Bub the refueller watch on as passenger board the plane in Windorah, Australia.
"Bub" the Windorah refueller at the airport walks across the tarmac in Windorah, Australia.
Tour operator Alan "Smithy" Smith drives along the Landsborough Highway between Longreach and Winton in Queensland, Australia.
Wallaby prints made after heavy rain are seen imprinted on a dry plain in Winton, Australia.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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