Australian Outback Driving Destinations

The Australian outback is road trip country on a scale that defies expectation, and the problem is that the distances are so vast, and the isolation so complete, that driving it requires a different level of preparation from any other kind of road trip. The destinations are unforgettable, but they sit at the far end of roads where a mistake is measured in days, not minutes.The headline drive is the Stuart Highway, the straight north-south corridor from Adelaide to Darwin that crosses the red center, with the iconic stops of Uluru, Alice Springs, and the Devils Marbles along the way. The Tanami Track and the Gibb River Road are the next level, remote four-wheel-drive routes through the Kimberley and the desert that are impassable for a standard car and closed entirely in the wet season, and the Oodnadatta Track follows the old railway line through some of the most isolated country in the world.The preparation is non-negotiable, because fuel, water, and communications are all scarce beyond the towns, and a