All the glamour of the Birdsville Cup

Derek Barry
Updated September 8 2019 - 9:04pm, first published 6:00pm

The place was hundreds of kilometres from anywhere, the air was hot and dusty, and the accommodation was tents, campers and caravans,but in spite of all the drawbacks the Birdsville Races continue to shine as one of Australia's great bucket list adventures.

Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.