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Rawlinna Station has been flooded by the rains over the nullarbor. Picture: Facebook

Search for missing group hampered as six months’ rain in 24 hours cuts off WA from eastern states

Police have grave concerns for seven people missing in remote WA outback, as search efforts continue to be hampered by heavy rainfall which has cut the state off from the rest of the nation.

  • Jesinta Burton and Jacob Shteyman

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Into the great beyond.

Australia’s epic, 4352-kilometre train journey beats driving any day

Imagine crossing our vast, intimidating outback from ocean to ocean without raising a sweat or forgoing a fine meal. How? By riding the rails.

  • Brian Johnston
Sunset on the highway between Ravensthorpe and Albany as James Massola crosses the Nullarbor in an electric vehicle.

Halfway across the Nullarbor, Mad Ted and a busted charger ran us off the road

We’re five days in to a 5000km drive across Australia. It’s scorching hot. The battery on our electric car’s near flat. And we’re being followed.

  • James Massola
Drone image of the Bunda Cliffs, where the Nullarbor Plain meets the Great Australian Bight. Layering in the cliffs represent different limestone units.

What you’ve been missing on a drive across the Nullarbor

It’s a land that time forgot where the erosion is so slow, ancient features have been preserved for millions and millions of years, capturing a snapshot of how environments were at different times.”

  • Cameron Myles
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Rolling in luxury

It's not just the revamped luxury interiors, it's the places along the way that make the Indian Pacific a true-blue experience.

Indian Pacific train.

Travelling on Australia's longest train journey

Will Brodie is changed by his trip through the outback on Australia's longest train journey.

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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.

Great and small ... Bunda Cliffs is a great vantage point.

Mothers make it right

David Sly rugs up against the Antarctic blast to watch whales in their winter sanctuary.

Looking eastward from the Lookout which lies closest to the town of Nullarbor

Nullarbor

Nullarbor Tiny township with access to the spectacular cliffs of the Great Australian Bight The tiny settlement of Nullarbor (it is really nothing more than a roadhouse, a caravan park and all the facilities for travellers) is located 764 km west of Port Augusta and 1076 km from Adelaide.

Nullarbor - Fast Facts

Nullarbor Tiny township with access to the spectacular cliffs of the Great Australian Bight The tiny settlement of Nullarbor (it is really nothing more than a roadhouse, a caravan park and all the facilities for travellers) is located 764 km west of Port Augusta and 1076 km from Adelaide.

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