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A husband and wife were rescued from the Talawana Track after their car caught fire by a team of emergency service workers.

Hours from anywhere, this couple’s quick thinking saved their lives

They were about 120 kilometres east of one of the country’s most challenging four-wheel-drive routes when their car caught fire. Luckily, they kept their heads.

  • Holly Thompson

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It has taken three attempts over 11 years, but adventurer and vet Dr Geoff Wilson has made history by making the first solo crossing of the Simpson Desert only assisted by the wind - a very large kite tied to a buggy.

Adventurer crosses the Simpson Desert by kite

It has taken three attempts over 11 years, but adventurer and vet Dr Geoff Wilson has made history by making the first solo crossing of the Simpson Desert only assisted by the wind - a very large kite tied to a buggy.

Geoff Wilson

Antarctica and Sahara had nothing on Simpson desert, says this solo adventurer

He has crossed the ice of Antarctica and sands of the Sahara in kite sleds and buggies powered by wind, but Geoff Wilson thought the Simpson would be death of him.

  • Julie Power
Japan’s Kenichi Horie waves on his sailing boat after his trans-Pacific voyage, at Osaka Bay, western Japan, Saturday, June 4, 2022. The 83-year-old Japanese adventurer returned home Saturday after successfully completing his solo, nonstop voyage across the Pacific, becoming the oldest person to reach the milestone.

‘I’m tired’: At 83, Japanese man breaks solo sailing record

The adventurer repeated the world-record sailing feat that he first achieved 60 years ago.

  • Mari Yamaguchi
Australia’s highest suspension bridge, between Guthega and Charlotte Pass, forms part of the walk’s completed second stage.

New Snowy Mountains track delivers ‘world class’ multi-day walk to NSW

The Snowies Alpine Walk in Kosciuszko National Park has sparked a bout of state rivalry between NSW and Tasmania after the second stage of the 55-kilometre walk was completed.

  • Andrew Taylor
Tom Turcich is walking around the world with his dog Savannah.

Home at last: Adventurer and his faithful dog complete seven-year trek around the globe

Touched by tragedy, Tom Turcich left his home behind to embark on a remarkable journey across 38 countries.

  • Farrah Tomazin
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford carries the Belgian and British flags after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport, Belgium.

Around the world in 260 hours: Teenage pilot sets solo record

Despite the pandemic, Anglo-Belgian 19-year-old flew 155 days over five continents. She now hopes to be an astronaut and an inspiration to other girls.

  • Max Stephens
Margaret Hickey and the brown Valiant that took her “down to Perth, up to Broome and across to Darwin”. circa 1990

The wide open road: will we ever look at it the same way again?

“You girls shouldn’t be out here doing this,” older women would scold me and my cousin. “Haven’t you heard about what’s happening on the east coast?”

  • Margaret Hickey
Sacha Wynter hiked along Australia’s east coast during the COVID pandemic.

Wynter wanderland: Meet the doctor who hiked 5000km during the pandemic

She’d already solo hiked thousands of kilometres up Australia’s east coast, but Sacha Wynter’s biggest challenge was yet to come at Queensland’s border.

  • Cloe Read
Sophie Matterson started her mammoth hike as the pandemic began and “couldn’t have picked a better time to head off into the desert with a bunch of camels”.

Photographer nears the end of epic 5000km cross-country camel trek

Sophie Matterson started her mammoth hike as the pandemic began and “couldn’t have picked a better time to head off into the desert with a bunch of camels”.

  • Josh Dye

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