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ATE 2012

This year’s ATE theme is outback. Australia has a strong and proud identification with its iconic outback landscapes, people and experiences.
15-21 June 2012

Outback

This year’s ATE theme is outback. Australia has a strong and proud identification with its iconic outback landscapes, people and experiences.

Outback factsheets

Men on horseback
7 October 2010, Outback

Australian Outback

The Outback is our ultimate mystery. It’s a massive place where the immense distances, raw nature and vast emptiness of our land are most impressive, yet you won’t find it marked on any map! More...

Kangaroo Island
30 September 2010, Outback

Outback - Adventures in the outback

The Australian Outback is made for adventure. Whether you float at dawn in a hot-air balloon across the vast interior, or take an epic train journey across Australia from east to west, you very quickly see how much opportunity the Outback offers to explore and enjoy. More...

QLD Birdsville
30 September 2010, Outback

Outback - History of the outback

The history of Outback Australia stretches back at least 50,000 years. In Aboriginal mythology, the Outback was created by ancient spirits who moved across the land, calling animals, plants, rocks and other landforms into being as they went. These stories belong to the Dreamtime and are part of the Outback’s rich cultural history. More...

Outback Group
28 September 2010, Outback

Outback - Station life

Become absorbed in the life of a working Outback station - the Australian equivalent of a ranch. There are horses to be fed, sheep to be mustered and cattle to be herded. Here, in the Australian Outback, people generate their own power, fly their own planes, carve out their own roads and often, deliver their own babies. The men women and children of country Australia are ruggedly self-sufficient. More...

Outback feature stories

Newly green area at Winton
13 September 2011, Outback

Queensland's outback shines after the rains

Two seasons of rain have transformed the once red plains of outback Queensland into a rich tapestry of life and colour.
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Flinders Ranges
16 September 2011, National Landscape

Flinders Ranges - footsteps through time

The Australian Outback is a timeless land that is alive with delicate ecosystems surviving against all odds. More...

Kata Tjuta, Australia's Red Centre
3 February 2012, National Landscape

Australia's Red Centre - A journey into Australia's heart

A journey to the Outback takes on the aura of a pilgrimage when you venture into Australia’s heart otherwise known as Australia’s Red Centre. More...

Rawnsley Park Station
21 September 2010, Outback

Luxury in the Outback

Check into a luxury Australian station resort for a taste of outback Australia with all the comforts of city life. All around Australia, there are many rural properties that provide luxury accommodation for those who don't want to forego the comforts of city living. More...

Image Gallery

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View a selection of images of the Australian people, lifestyle and environment.

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Contacts

Tourism Australia
Kim Moore
Public Affairs Manager
P. 61 2 9361 1306
E. kmoore@tourism.australia.com
W. http://www.media.australia.com

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