As the thoroughbreds thundered down the dusty racetrack, all eyes were glued on punters hoping to give Birdsville a fashion moment to remember. Dressed in beer boxes, rubber breasts and even a horse’s ...

GETTING a horse to Birdsville can be a hazardous exercise, but for Kym Healy it’s just another destination on an eventful outback journey. No one in racing spends more time on Australia’s back roads ...

The Brook family will be front and centre at next month’s iconic Birdsville Cup day, but also cheering a potential Group 1 filly who will be racing in Victoria on the same day. The Brook family who ...

The Birdsville Races are known as the Melbourne Cup of the outback – and Grace Hayden dressed accordingly as she took in the world-famous event almost 1600km west of Brisbane this week. After helping ...

A small desert town in Australia's remote outback was transformed into a non-stop two-day carnival as thousands of people travelled across the vast continent to watch the Birdsville Races. Lonely ...

ABOUT 6000 people have made the epic trek to the iconic Birdsville Races, with organisers of the desert event proclaiming it the best ever. See the pics An estimated 6000 people have made the epic ...

The outback Queensland township’s population has grown from about 100 people to more than 7000 over the past three weeks as visitors from across Australia and around the world arrived to enjoy the ...

“It’s a first for us going Australia wide,” Brook said. “I hope people enjoy it. It’s quite a job for a club that only races once a year to put it on. “You have to get a lot of things right. So I’ve ...

One of Australia’s most remote roads will soon get an upgrade but the timing isn’t great news for those making the trek to the iconic desert races. The state and federal governments have announced ...

There's no place like Birdsville for the Brook Family. If you take the road west of Brisbane and travel 1600km, nestled on the edge of two deserts you’ll eventually stumble across the tiny but famous ...