Here are some of our favourite images from the pages of OUTBACK and Great Australians this year.
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A large jasper deposit blocks the flow of the Coongan River near Marble Bar, in WA's north-west.
Pilbara palette, OUTBACK Oct/Nov 2022. Photo by Don Fuchs.
Sporting club shooters Rob Parkes and Marcus Pickett prepare to shoot feral cats and help regenerate Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park, in SA.
Joining the club, OUTBACK Dec/Jan 2023. Photo by Ken Eastwood.
The Great Darling Anabranch snakes through what locals call the 'Lakes District' of south-western NSW.
Branching out, OUTBACK Oct/Nov 2022. Photo by Andrew Hull.
Artist Marg Whyte tells her version of the Darling Anabranch story from her home in Wentworth, at the confluence of the Darling and Murray Rivers in south-western NSW.
Branching out, OUTBACK Oct/Nov 2022. Photo by Andrew Hull.
Camel train with afternoon shadows as Andrew 'Harps' Harper resumes exploration and walking tours through the Simpson Desert.
Back to the heart, OUTBACK Aug/Sep 2022. Photo by Georgie Mann.
Bulloo, Qld, mayor John 'Tractor' Ferguson says maintaining the shire's 3,000km of roads is a constant challenge.
The Road to everywhere, OUTBACK June/July 2022. Photo by David Kelly.
Winton in central-western Qld jumps as the population of the town of 1,150 swells with outback film festival patrons and other travellers during the cooler months.
Splendid Visions, OUTBACK Aug/Sep 2022. Photo by Ken Brass.
The distinctive ripples on the stone floor of Nilpena station's woolshed in SA were the first hint that Ediacaran fossils would be found nearby.
The ripple effect, OUTBACK Aug/Sep 2022. Photo by Robert Lang.
The Hopkins River winds through the lush countryside on Chatsworth House, Sarah and Tom Whinney's sheep and cattle property in Victoria's Western District.
Full of life, OUTBACK Apr/May 2022. Photo by Georgie Mann.
Farmer and scientist Dr Tony Gregson amid thousands of seed samples at the Australian Grains Genebank in Horsham, Vic.
Seeds of hope, OUTBACK Great Australians magazine, 2022. Photo by Cormac Hanrahan.
A pair of bluebonnet parrots near the Patchewollock Conservation Reserve in north-western Vic.
Mallee magic, OUTBACK Apr/May 2022. Photo by Nathan Dyer.
Rough riding thrills and spills in the Snowy Mountains, Vic, at the 75th Tumbarumba Rodeo.
Tumbarumba rodeo, OUTBACK Apr/May 2022. Photo by Shaye Hughes.
Young camper Queenie Dyer enjoys dawn during a 3-day kayaking trip down the Glenelg River, in south-western Vic.
Wild river, OUTBACK Dec/Jan 2023. Photo by Nathan Dyer.
Workers near the entrance of an 11m diameter tunnel at Lobs Hole, NSW, one of the main construction sites for Snowy Hydro 2.0, which includes the longest tunnel of its type in the world.
High power, OUTBACK Apr/May 2022. Photo by Ken Eastwood.
Lacey Beale works out with former boxer and trainer Lewis 'China' Kew Ming at his gym in Port Hedland, WA.
Joining the club, OUTBACK Dec/Jan 2023. Photo by Lauren Jones.
Copeton Dam exceeding 100% capacity and spilling into the Gwydir River near Inverell, NSW.
Above the floods, OUTBACK Dec/Jan 2023. Photo by Josh Smith.
Victorian chicken farmer Claire Moore is the founder of Sweet Justice, Australia's only beekeeping program in detention centres.
Hive of activity, OUTBACK Great Australians magazine 2022. Photo by Neil Newitt.
Mounts Lidgbird and Gower loom over coral reefs surrounding Lord Howe Island.
Biological backflip, OUTBACK Jun/Jul 2022. Photo by Jordan Robins.
Boyds Tower, built in 1847 as a lighthouse in Beowa National Park near Eden, NSW.
Rocky road, OUTBACK Apr/May 2022. Photo by Don Fuchs.
Dense rainforest grows high on mist-shrouded Gulaga, or Mt Dromedary near Tilba Tilba on the far South Coast of NSW.
Rocky road, OUTBACK Apr/May 2022. Photo by Don Fuchs.
Boss drover Ron Bligh and his daughter Kamille are part of a team that takes guest riders on a droving trip along a historic stock route near Eidsvold in Qld's North Burnett.
Tall in the saddle, OUTBACK June/July 2022. Photo by Paula Heelan.
Lake Eyre Yacht Club Commodore Bob Backway can't see a drop of water from the deck of the clubhouse at Marree, SA.
Joining the club, OUTBACK Dec/Jan 2023. Photo by Ken Eastwood.
Galahs swoop over the soggy homeyards on CPC's Wrotham Park, in far north Qld.
The future is black and white, OUTBACK Dec/Jan 2023. Photo by Ken Eastwood.
Retired nurse June Andrew has lived and worked in outback SA for more than 40 years, but has never felt lonely as the people of her hometown of Marree feel like family.
Marree's mighty heart, OUTBACK Great Australians magazine 2022. Photo by Robert Lang.
Sheep in the yards, North Bundy, Booroorban, New South Wales.
2023 OUTBACK Calendar, Photo by Georgie Mann.
