A rare weather pattern involving a near-stationary tropical low over the Simpson Desert is causing widespread rain and thunderstorms in central Australia.

COULD you imagine trotting across a desert in 30 degree heat? Not me. Traralgon local Blake Bourne has recently returned from his trip to the Simpson Desert, with memories both good and bad. Bourne ...

Footage of the 1939 Simpson Desert Expedition, led by Dr. Cecil Thomas (C.T.) Madigan, with a team of nine. In 1929 CT Madigan undertook a series of aerial reconnaissances of central Australia and in ...

RIVER LEVEL RISES AND AREAS OF FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS THE FLOOD WATCH AREA FURTHER FLOODING EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS A slow-moving tropical low is situated over the southeast of the Simpson ...

TWO years after attempting to break the record to become the fastest person to cross the Simpson Desert on foot, Traralgon’s Blake Bourne will be out to try again this winter. Across a four-day period ...