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Aboriginal LandCrossing the Pentecost River

The Kimberley — Explore Australia’s wild frontier

A vast, rugged wedge of Western Australia that still feels like frontier country — where red dirt meets turquoise seas, gorges slice through ancient, rugged ranges and your 4WD is your lifeline — t...

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Aboriginal LandCamping within coo-ee (200km) of Alice Springs - Hema Maps Online Shop

Camping within coo-ee (200km) of Alice Springs

In the first part of our focus on Alice Springs, we discovered why Alice is unlike any other town in Australia. In this second part, we explore some of the places and campgrounds within 200km of th...

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Aboriginal Land10 attractions that make Alice Springs worth the trip - Hema Maps Online Shop

10 attractions that make Alice Springs worth the trip

Alice Springs isn’t the furthest place from the coastline in Australia. That place, known as the continental pole of inaccessibility, is about 160km west-northwest of Alice Springs and around 30km ...

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Aboriginal LandExplore Boodjamulla National Park (Aboriginal Land) - Hema Maps Online Shop

Explore Boodjamulla National Park (Aboriginal Land)

With Queensland’s Boodjamulla National Park recently reopening after a two-year closure, it’s the perfect time to explore the park and everything it offers tourers. Read on for the details.

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Australian historyOutback sculpture trails: part two - Hema Maps Online Shop

Outback sculpture trails: part two

Could there be a better canvas on which to view works of art than the Australian outback landscape, with its red dirt, glinting salt lakes, bushland, boundless big skies and ever-changing light tha...

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4WD enthusiastsExplore the Northern Territory’s West MacDonnell Ranges - Hema Maps

Explore the Northern Territory’s West MacDonnell Ranges

West of Alice Springs in Central Australia, the West MacDonnell Ranges tower over the region, offering incredible scenery, stunning waterholes and plenty of awesome places to camp and bush walk. Jo...

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4WDrivingAustralia's 5 most remote 4WD tracks - Hema Maps

Australia's 5 most remote 4WD tracks

Looking for isolation and solitude in the outback? Here are the most remote 4WD tracks Australia has to offer. Read on for the details.

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