The Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland in central Australia. It is the fourth-largest Australian desert, with an
Dunes at the edge of the Simpson Desert
Ted Colson's expedition across the Simpson Desert in 1936
Big Red, Simpson Desert, 2007
Track through the Simpson Desert
Deserts cover about 1,371,000 km2, or 18%, of the Australian mainland, but about 35% of the Australian continent receives so little rain that it is practically desert. Collectively known as the Great
Simpson Desert
…large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland in central Australia. It is the fourth-largest Australian desert, with an area of 176,500 km2 (68,100 sq mi). The Wangkangurru Yarluyandi people know this area as Munga-Thirri…
Typical landscape (Simpson Desert)
Wolfe Creek Crater in Western Australia
Pictographs known as Wandjina in the Wunnumurra Gorge, Barnett River, Kimberley, Western Australia
Strzelecki Desert in South Australia