Last Updated on August 15, 2019 by Michael
We love road trips. Most of the ones we’ve taken in the past have involved cruising America on old roads like Route 66 and the Lincoln Highway. But driving in the Australia Outback presents the ultimate road trip challenge. Towns and gas stations are hundreds of miles apart. At dusk, kangaroos turn the highway into a marsupial obstacle course. The harsh conditions and endless terrain even formed the backdrop to the post-apocalyptic Mad Max movies.
Perhaps our rental car, a bright red sports sedan with a rear spoiler wasn’t the best vehicle to attack the Outback with. But it was a Holden, an Australian-made car which has in its genes the ability to weather all conditions. It handled the dusty roads and orange Martian landscape like the native that it is. Here are a few images from our three-week drive across the Australia Outback.
Two churches from the 1880s remain in the ghost town of Silverton.
Some of the toilet facilities are a bit dated.
The sign should leave off the mileage marker since kangaroos are everywhere.
The roads become dangerous at dusk when kangaroos start bounding across them.
A different kind of shoe tree, no doubt placed here by bored drivers.
After a few hours of nothing even a lonely water tower becomes a pleasant diversion.
The harsh conditions haven't been kind to some towns whose glory days are in the past.
Trip planning is essential.
Occasionally we'd see some unusual artwork.
The endless landscape can lull a driver to sleep.
Another day of driving is just about over on the Australian Outback.
What are your favorite road trips?
