The city of Mildura is not at the end of a dirt road in the Australian bush, in tire-choking desert sand far from food and water. Unfortunately, Apple's much-maligned mapping application thinks it is.

He shares his Australian desert experiences in this third of a four-part series. A dot on my very old map shows a place called Palm Canyon. This cannot be.

Mystery of ‘fairy circles’ in Australian deserts finally solved The bizarre desert “fairy circles” that have mystified Australians for hundreds of years has finally been solved by researchers.