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Brotherly bond key to Birdsville Races epic journey

From bare-back pony rides in the bush to the iconic Birdsville Races in the outback, three trainer brothers have forged a bond through their love of horses.

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Check out, but the Birdsville Hotel never leaves you

The Birdsville Hotel is a bucket-list item for many Australian travellers, who are drawn by its remote location and a history rich with outback stories.

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'Swagging it': tractor fanatics to trek across outback

It will take a fortnight for 10 tractor drivers to make the trip from Bourke to Birdsville going 23km/h, a long and slow journey for a good cause.

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One Australian’s dramatic rescue from a flood in one of the driest places on Earth

As floodwater flows passed towns and cattle and sheep stations – normally isolated by desert – many now sit as islands amid a muddy sea

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Birdsville notches up another temperature record as Australia faces more heat before New Year’s Eve

The town hit 47.2C by mid afternoon, but locals are already well-versed in the art of staying cool

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From pony rides to Birdsville, where horses 'just go'

It's a long way from Alan Lai's home in Hong Kong to Birdsville, but the young jockey has embraced his debut at "the Melbourne Cup of the outback".

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'Love the town': Birdsville's only cop to bid farewell

After 10 years as the only cop overseeing a patch of Queensland as big as the UK, Senior Constable Stephan Pursell is preparing to farewell the outback.

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'It's in our blood': the ties that bind in Birdsville

The small outback town of Birdsville's population swells from 110 people to thousands for the iconic races, which are celebrating their 142nd year.

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'It's everything': rural Australians fear Rex's fate

Rural Australians who rely on Rex for health, education, mail and groceries fear for their future as the regional airline entered voluntary administration.

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Queensland town within 0.1C of state’s record temperature as Australia swelters under heatwave

Heat warnings in place over large swatches of the country with temperatures over 40C expected across inland and eastern Australia

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Common wealth: how Birdsville adapted an age-old English custom for the outback

Home to goat herds, dirt bike races and thousands of tourists, this tiny town’s big shared space reimagines an ancient concept

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NSW family in 'good spirits' after spending five days stranded in Munga-Thirri National Park, Simpson Desert

A New South Wales family of four has been rescued after being stranded in Munga-Thirri National Park, formerly the Simpson Desert, since last week.

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Where the greens are brown and the birdies are thieves: golfing at Birdsville Golf Club

Welcome to Australia’s newest golf course, where players must contend with venomous snakes, flies, extreme heat, dust storms and crows

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Champion bush trainer, wife and jockey banned by racing watchdog over Birdsville jigger scandal

Queensland's racing watchdog disqualifies trainer Todd Austin for five years, his wife Toni for one year and jockey Ric McMahon for three and a half years, after photo emerged of McMahon with a banned electric shock device.

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Golden Guitar award-winning singer Josh Arnold boosts country communities with town anthems

Josh Arnold immortalises outback towns in song. Back Roads joins him on a 1,000km road trip to find out why he hung up the mic to compose music with school kids.

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‘Birdsville mindset’: what an outback town where the roads melt can teach us about living with heat

Where better to plan strategies for dealing with the new climate normal than the edge of Australia’s Simpson Desert?

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Outback Queensland towns Bedourie, Birdsville cut off by floodwater, groceries flown in

The Diamantina Shire Council region looks like an "inland sea" after a recent deluge cut off roads into Bedourie and Birdsville.

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Queensland Racing Integrity Commission inquiry hears steward told photographer to remove Birdsville jigger photo so it would 'not damage the industry'

The so called "Birdsville Inquiry," chaired by Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards, has been sitting in Brisbane examining the circumstance of the use of a jigger.

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Jockey Ric McMahon sentenced over possession of jigger at Birdsville Race Club

Brisbane jockey Ric McMahon pleaded guilty to possessing a jigger while on a racetrack in outback Queensland.

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Barcaldine man charged over possession of alleged 'jigger' device at Birdsville

The western Queensland man is accused of the alleged possession of a banned electrical device in the lead-up to the Birdsville races in September.

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Greg Donovan got a $300k redundancy payout. Then he took the biggest punt of his life and started the Big Red Bash music festival

When middle-aged insurance executive Greg Donovan was made redundant, he was told to play it safe. Instead, he gambled his payout on a crazy idea to build a music festival in the desert — and won.

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Horse racing insiders say Birdsville Races investigation casts shadow over events

Horse racing insiders say an investigation shows illegal equipment might be more common than thought.

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Birdsville Races 2022 go ahead after weather washes out day one

Organisers go to extraordinary lengths to make sure the Birdsville Races can go ahead after rain washes out the first day.

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Saccharo takes out 140th Birdsville Cup

A Darwin-trained thoroughbred has taken out the 140th Birdsville Cup after rained washed out the first day of the iconic event.

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Rain cancels first day of Birdsville Races

Rain has left the Birdsville racecourse wet and muddy, forcing organisers of Queensland's iconic outback meet to cancel the first day of races.

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