Deserts of Australia
13 deserts.
Great Victoria Desert
The largest desert in Australia. A sandy desert with grasslands. Indigenous people have li...
Simpson Desert
Known for its parallel red sand dunes, the longest running north-south for 200 km. Rainfal...
Gibson Desert
Named after Alfred Gibson who died exploring it in 1874. Mulga scrubland dominates. The Pi...
Tanami Desert
One of the most remote and inaccessible areas on Earth. The Tanami Track is 1,000 km of di...
Great Sandy Desert
The second largest desert in Australia. Contains the Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, 880 m a...
Gibson detail
The last Aboriginal people to make contact with modern civilization emerged from here in 1...
Little Sandy Desert
South of the Great Sandy Desert. Similar red dune fields. Very remote - no sealed roads cr...
Strzelecki Desert
Named after Polish explorer Paul Strzelecki. Red sand dunes and gibber plains. The Cooper ...
Sturt Stony Desert
Named after explorer Charles Sturt. Covered in small smooth stones (gibbers). Sturt believ...
Pedirka Desert
A small desert south of the Simpson. The pedirka means rock in Arabana language. Mulga woo...
Tirari Desert
One of Australias smallest deserts. Salt lakes and sand dunes. The Lake Eyre basin include...
Nullarbor Plain
The worlds largest single exposure of limestone bedrock, a flat and almost treeless plain....
Pinnacles Desert
Thousands of limestone pillars rise from yellow sand in Nambung National Park north of Per...