16th March 2023 – Craig Sauers
Of Australia’s great road trips, the Tanami Track might be the most intimidating. But the rugged nature that defines this epic desert journey could soon change.
In every direction, fire-red sand fanned out across the land. Everything that wasn’t red seemed covered in it: the boab trees, the spinifex, the termite mounds stretching like tiny Towers of Babel towards the sky. The road itself shimmered like a sea of rubies. We were just hours from Alice Springs, Australia’s de facto inland capital, and already alone on the Tanami Track. …
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230315-tanami-track-australias-epic-1077km-road-trip
