The outback is the remote and arid interior and north of Australia, although the term colloquially can cover any lands outside of the main urban areas. The term outback is generally used to refer to locations that are comparatively more remote than those areas deemed "the bush". The outback does not officially exist within any governmental frameworks or boundaries. Wikipedia
With a destination of Broken Hill, about 1,000km West of Sydney, we head South West along the Hume Highway, meeting up first with the town of Goulburn. North of Canberra, we link up with the Sturt highway and head West, tracing the footsteps of Charles Sturt, who followed the Murrimbidgee River in 1829, leading an exploratory team to become the first Europeans to map out these lands. We pass via the inland towns of Wagga Wagga, Griffith, and stay the first night in Hay, a town which served as the hub for the region's wool production in the 19th and 20th centuries.
We head West again the next day, then turn North to head into Mungo National Park. With barely anyone else on the dirt roads, we visit the eerie landscape at Lake Mungo. The lake dried up about 14,000 years ago, and in 1974, was the site of a series of discoveries of human remains. The remains were ritually buried, and bacame known as "Mungo Man" and "Mungo Lady". Dated to be at least 40,000 years, the remains placed aboriginal ancestory in this region much earlier than first thought.
The sediments of the Lake have eroded to form a series of lunettes, named inventively as the "Walls of China". At sunset, both horizons lit up these formations to produce a beautiful light show on the gnarled landscape.
Pooncarrie Broken Hill, White Cliffs, Wilcania, home by Cobar, Dubbo, Orange and Bathurst.
