Red sand blasted my neck and face as winds relentlessly swirled across Australia’s Outback. Sitting atop a small, rocky outcropping, I pressed the binocular into my eye sockets to block the stinging ...

People say the Australian outback isn't that dangerous if you stay on the roads and drink plenty of water. And sure, millions of visitors pass through every year without incident. But the outback has ...

In an era defined by efficiency, the concept of slow travel can feel perplexing. Modern airports prioritize speed. As the world floats by 40,000 feet below, there is no appreciation of the small, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — German tourist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A screenshot from an ABC television video shows Carolina Wilga (R) boarding a plane. A German backpacker who had been missing for ...

(CNN) — It appears in satellite pictures like great blotches of blue and green ink; swirling, spreading, sinking into parchment paper. In Australia’s arid center, those blotches represent a new inland ...

Carolina Wilga, 26, was "located safe and well" in the Wheatbelt region in Western Australia on Friday, July 11, police said Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...