About the region: In reality most of the other regions of Western Australia could fit under the broad heading of outback Western Australia, because there is very little of western Australia outside of the agriculuralised south west corner of the state that has been affected by any degree of human development. For the purpose of this exercise, we are defining Outback Western Australia as that vast track of land to the east of the Murchison, Pilbara, Eastern Goldfields and Great Southern regions, up to the state's borders with the Northern Territory and South Australia that is mostly arid or semi-arid desert.

Nullarbor Plain	Dog fence	Mt Beadell

Eucla
A small community situated on the Eyre Highway 13 km west of the WA/SA border on the WA side. The area was passed through by explorer Edward John Eyre in 1841 on his epic journey from Fowler Bay in South Australia to Albany in Western Australia. At around this locality, Eyre recorded sighting the rise of the planet Venus; 'yer', meaning bright, and 'coloya', meaning fire, are said to be those used by the Aborigines who accompanied the explorer to describe the event they witnessed in the night sky, and it believed this is how the locality's name was derived. An overland telegraph repeater station was established in 1877 and the town was proclaimed in 1885 although land had already been set aside as early as 1873. In the 1890s the town experienced two consecutive rabbit plagues and someone decided to bring in cats to control the rabbit population. The area was then overrun by feral cats. In an attempt to drum up a bit of publicity for the town, a story was spread in 1971 that a half naked blonde girl had gone feral and was living with the kangaroos. How many visitors this attracted to the town remains a mystery but the press gave the story plenty of coverage.
Location: 1,436 km east of Perth.
Points of Interest: Great Australian Bight; Bunda Cliffs; Nullarbor Plain; Eucla National Park; ruins of the overland telegraph repeater station (1877); Unidentified shipwreck 44 km east of Eucla. Ruins of the Eucla overland telegraph repeater station

Gunbarrel Highway
The Gunbarrel Highway was built by Len Beadell (1923-1995), a Surveyor with the Australian Army, and the Gunbarrel Road Construction Party. It runs trough central Australia from WA to the Northern Territory and is so named because Len favoured the rectilinear propagation of roads and vehicles. The Highway links Carnegie Station in central Western Australia with the Meteorological Station at Giles just west of the Northern Territory border. The original highway then extends south east to Mabel Park Station in South Australia. It was completed in 1958 after three years. The roads were cut by a small team of men to provide a way of retrieving rocket parts from the Woomera Rocket range. The team worked alone and a full account of their trials and tribulations is written in the book "Too Long in the Bush" by Len Beadell. More ...

The Outback Highway
The Outback Highway is a series of roads and dirt tracks linking Winton, Queensland and Laverton, Western Australia. At 2,800 km, it traverses the inhospitable arid heart of Australia, the great outback. It passes through Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It is being developed to provide an inland route between southern Western Australia and northern Queensland as an alternative to the National Highway 1 along either coast. More ...

Canning Stock Route
The Canning Stock Route was surveyed for the purpose of droving cattle from the Kimberley region of Western Australia south to the goldfields. Wells were constructed one day's travel apart for a mob of cattle. The wells were timbered and provided with A-frames to lift water to troughs. They have fallen into disrepair although some may have been restored.
The route is one of the classic four wheel drive adventures - and one that must not to be taken lightly. Navigation is hard, there are sand dunes and other difficult terrain, and it is very, very remote. The entire "track" is too long for most vehicles to carry all of their own fuel so it is common practice to arrange for a fuel drop to be from Newman. More ...

Anne Beadell Highway
This so-called highway itself stretches for 1025km and is the major track from Coober Pedy in South Australia to Laverton in Western Australia. The name 'highway' is a little misleading as the trip traverses little used tracks that are often very narrow, twisty and sandy. The road was constructed by Len Beadell (1923-1995) and the Gunbarrel Road Construction Party over a period of about nine years commencing in 1953, Len named this track after his wife, Anne (right). Several of the roads and tracks that his team built were named after family members. The Anne Beadell Highway is considered to be the four wheel drivers alternative to the Nullarbor Plain. It is the most direct route, east to west, or visa versa, across the Great Victoria Desert. More ...

Tanami Track
Essentially a great short-cut linking the Red Centre to the Kimberley of Western Australia (The alternative route is to take the Stuart Highway up to Dunmarra then strike north-west along the Buchanan and Duncan Highways). Although once a notorious 4WD track, it is now a graded dirt highway. Although the track traverses one of Australia's great deserts - The Tanami Desert - it is in fact a relatively easy route for travellers with 4WD and a comparatively safe introduction to remote, arid area travel. More ...

Connie Sue Highway
Another bush "highway" constructed by Len Beadell and the Gunbarrel Road Construction Party in 1962. It was named after Beadell's daughter, Connie Sue (right). Connie Sue started her desert life when she was only 5 months old; along with her mother Anne, accompanying Len on a 5-month expedition to perform reconnaissance for the Connie Sue and Anne Beadell Highways in the Great Victoria Desert. These days, she conducts outback tours along the routes pioneered by her father.
The highway named in her honour runs from Rawlinna on the Trans Australia Railway north for 650 km to Warburton on the Great Central Road. The southern 350 km section stretches from the Nullarbor plain through to Neale Junction in the Great Victoria Desert. It provides an almost straight line shortcut to Warburton providing quick access to the myriad of wonderful desert tracks in the area.

Savannah Way
One of Australia's ultimate adventure drives with large sections suitable for both 2 and 4 wheel drive vehicles. Stretching across far northern Australia through the Gulf Savannah of Queensland, the Top End of the Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia, the Savannah Way is a combination of sealed and unsealed major outback roads and covers the 3700km from Cairns via Borroloola and Katherine to Broome in the west. More ...

David Carnegie Road
The David Carnegie Rd is a little travelled track between the Great Central Rd and the Gunbarrel Hwy. It is a spectacular piece of country with rocky outcrops, spinifex plains and breakaways and in parts challenging 4WDing with deep ruts and washaways.

Eagle Highway: The Eagle Hwy is a very isolated track in the Gibson Desert. At the northern end it can take you to the Gary Highway or the Talawanna Track and the southern end finishes at the Gunbarrel Hwy.