Outback with a vengeance

Outback with a vengeance

Cheaper flights and a swag of new tour resorts and hotel makeovers are helping lure travellers back to central Australia,writes Lee Atkinson.

Rolling in luxury

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.

The Royal Exchange Hotel

Renovations have invested the dining room of this old pub with a white,high-ceilinged opulence fit ...

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The Palace Hotel

The Palace Hotel

The atmosphere is dreamlike,this massive,majestic old country pub having been transformed by new ...

The Junction Hotel

The dining room is a trifle bland,more suited to a suburban wedding parlour than an Outback pub. ...

Art,inspiration and an empty canvas

Art,inspiration and an empty canvas

Elissa Blake takes an art-lover's tour of Broken Hill,with larger-than-life characters and even larger landscapes.

The pits,and we love it

The pits,and we love it

The resources boom is driving the economy and now tourists are chasing a slice of the action,writes Sue Williams.

Travelling on Australia's longest train journey

Travelling on Australia's longest train journey

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