Australian desert closes this summer.

Travel & Tourism News | January 1, 2009 | Copyright

Part of the Australian Outback is to be closed this summer to prevent the deaths of tourists who get stranded in the desert. Australian authorities decided to close the Simpson Desert from December last year until March 15 this year. During this period temperatures often reach 50 degrees Celsius making the desert a very dangerous place to visit. The Simpson Desert Conservation Park occupies 3.6 million hectares of the outback and is popular for its dunes especially for the Big Red. According to Trevor Naismith of the South Australian Department for Environment and Heritage, ...

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