Driving and surviving in the Aussie heatwave

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Driving and surviving in the Aussie heatwave

Alligator Gorge, Austalia
lligator Gorge, with its red striated rocks and ghost gums

The Australian Outback with its vast empty spaces and stark deserts is the perfect landscape for road trips. New Zealand Doctor reporter Cliff Taylor takes a drive and experiences a summer heatwave

The wind is blowing like a fan oven, searing the eyeballs. The place is so inhospitable I doubt if even ghosts could survive in these ruins Someo, Open road, desert, dust tornados, Dust tornadoes in the desert