The routes that connect it all: the Stuart, the Lasseter, the Mereenie Loop, the Great Central Road and the Red Centre Way.

• The Mereenie Loop: Unsealed, Permitted, and Not for Everyone

  What the Loop actually asks of a vehicle and a driver, where the pass comes from, and when the sealed road is the better answer.

  4 min

• The Red Centre Way in a 2WD: Yes, Really

  The 1,135 km loop, split into days that work, with the one leg that is not sealed on the classic version.

  4 min

• 465 Kilometres: What the Alice Springs to Uluṟu Drive Actually Costs You

  The distance, the three published figures that disagree, and why the drive feels longer than the number suggests.

  4 min

• The West MacDonnell Ranges: Six Gorges in One Corridor

  Tjoritja, Ormiston, Redbank, Ellery, Glen Helen and Standley Chasm — in the order you meet them driving west.

  4 min

• The Great Central Road: Three Permits, Three Days, No Extensions

  The road is gated by a clock, not paperwork. What each permit covers, where the fuel is, and what happens if you are late.

  4 min