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MEDIA RELEASE
The Outback Highway Development Council Inc. (OHDC Inc), which includes the 7 shires that span the 2800km route, have been lobbying for ongoing funds to upgrade the 1700km of unsealed road along the Outback Way since 1997.
The OHDC Inc has successfully completed their $487,390 integrated tourism project funded by the Australian Government through AusIndustry, delivering Australia’s Longest Shortcut. The Integrated Tourism plan has audited the gaps and the implementation phase has improved signage with interpretive panels and approach signs, a new website and brochure, and the Outback Way atlas and guidebook published by HEMA Maps providing extensive information about the Outback Way, which will improve safety and comfort for those experiencing ‘Australia’s Longest Shortcut’.
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The Outback Way extends 2,750km from Laverton, Western Australia to
Winton, Queensland via central Australia. As a self-drive route it
passes through central Australia’s deserts, Ayers Rock, The Olga’s,
Alice Springs and a host of fascinating places of interest.
The Outback Way is made up of seven inter-connecting roads including The Great Central Road (WA); Tjukaruru Road, Lasseter Highway, Stuart Highway and Plenty Highway (NT); and Donohue Highway and Min Min Byway (QLD). Collectively these are THE OUTBACK WAY.
There are very few road signs in outback Australia and many of the
Outback Way’s places of interest are sometimes not so easy to find. Then again, it wouldn’t be an outback
adventure without an element of surprise! The adventurous traveller
has plenty to discover, and the less adventurous traveller can safely
prepare their outback journey using this website, the brochure and the Guidebook!
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The Outback Way is unofficially Australia’s longest shortcut. But that doesn’t mean there’s little to see or do. The Outback Way brochure (download here 2.42MB pdf ) is a first-stop for any traveller planning a trip via Australia’s longest shortcut. The brochure will reveal that driving styles, places of interest, side trip options and accommodation preferences need to be considered in preparing for one of life’s greatest self-drive adventures. The brochure is available from visitor centres, shire offices, selected outlets along the Outback Way, inquiring online or downloaded from this site.
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There is a range of information available on this website and in the brochure, however, travellers will find much more information in the Outback Way Atlas and Guidebook. The Guidebook includes detailed maps, commentary, pre-trip planning tools and enroute information that helps travellers experience the very best of the Outback Way. Traveller’s can purchase the Guidebook online, from visitor-discovery centres along the Outback Way as well as map shops, book stores and outdoor-lifestyle stores or wherever Hema Maps are sold.
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Travelling the outback raises as many questions as it answers. Explorers have been fascinated by its appeal for centuries. The Outback Way has thirty-one interpretive panels at places of interest, roadhouses and major stopovers to enlighten travellers as their journey unfolds. Each panel provides a unique insight to a local, natural, cultural or scientific story that might otherwise have gone untold. The panels also provide travellers with an opportunity to stop, revive and survive and to help ensure they arrive safely and enlightened! Large approach signs will be installed adjacent to each interpetive site so that travellers can safely slow down and pull over to view each site.
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The Outback Way is a cross-country adventure. What better way to show off your travels than with an Outback Way bumper sticker available from visitor-discovery centres and most roadhouses along the Outback Way. For the energetic or inquisitive traveller there’s an Outback Way Geocache Kit that enables travellers, be they geocaching novices or enthusiasts, to participate in the World’s longest treasure hunt. The geocache kit enables travellers to swap mementos, record notes and enjoy the Way-finder Trail. The cache kits are available from visitor-discovery centres or Shire Offices along the Outback Way.
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