Joanne Lees drops plans to build $250,000 statue in Australian outback

Joanne Lees quietly drops plans to build a $250,000 statue in the Australian outback in memory of her murdered boyfriend Peter Falconio – despite receiving thousands in donations for the project Joanne Lees escaped 2001 Australian outback attacker who killed her partner  Despite raising thousands for a memorial statue she has scrapped the project   Bradley … Read more

Australian family tour the Queensland outback in elaborate SLRV Commander camper van

A specialised vehicle company in Queensland has created what might be the most elaborate camper van of all time. Designed by Gold Coast manufacturer SLRV for a family looking to explore the outback without relinquishing creature comforts, the ‘Commander’ is a sight to behold. Towering two storeys high, the 40-foot ‘expedition’ vehicle rests on eight … Read more

Joanne Lees’ stepfather says Bradley John Murdoch INNOCENT of outback slaying of Peter Falconio

The stepfather of British backpacker Joanne Lees says he now believes Australian killer Bradley John Murdoch is innocent of murdering her boyfriend Peter Falconio in 2001 – after watching a controversial documentary on TV.    Mechanic Bradley John Murdoch, from Broome in north-west Australia, was convicted of murdering Mr Falconio, 28, and assaulting his partner Joanne … Read more

The world’s most remote pubs and bars, from Scotland to the Pacific via Nevada and the outback

You will definitely work up a thirst navigating to these remote bars – they are the most troublesome-to-reach drinking holes on the planet. Two UK pubs make the list – one in Scotland, one off the Devon coast – along with a bar in the frozen wilds of Antarctica, two boozers in the blistering Australian … Read more

Flying car race scheduled for end of the year in the Australian Outback where Mad Max was filmed

Flying car race scheduled for end of the year in the Australian Outback at the site of the original Mad Max film production Airspeeder will host an exhibition race of flying cars in the Australian Outback The company hopes the event could become the F1 of the 21st century The first race will take place … Read more

Murder in the Outback viewers slam Joanne Lees as ’emotionless’

Viewers have been left divided over Joanne Lees behaviour following the murder of her boyfriend British backpacker Peter Falconio 19 years ago after police interviews resurfaced in a new Channel 4 series last night. Murder in the Outback: The Falconio and Lees Mystery looks back at the Australian police case, after Peter went missing on a … Read more

How a Japanese cult tested nerve gas on sheep at an Australian Outback property before fatal attack

Banjawarn Station takes up a million acres of shrub and grassland on the edge of the Great Victoria Desert in the middle of Western Australia.  It is marginal land to graze livestock but about as isolated as any habitable place that exists on the planet and the perfect location to do things without being watched.  … Read more