The Connie Sue Highway is an outback road which runs from Rawlinna on the Trans-Australian Railway to the Aboriginal community of Warburton on the Great Central Road. Approximately 650 km long and running north-south, it lies entirely in the state of Western Australia and crosses the Nullarbor Plain and the Great Victoria Desert. Though officially named the Rawlinna-Warburton Road, it is better known as the Connie Sue, after the daughter of Len Beadell, a famous 20th-century surveyor and bushman. For the restaurant chain, see Outback Steakhouse; for the station wagon, see Subaru Outback. ... The Trans-Australian Railway crosses the Nullabor Plain and is said to contain the longest straight stretch of track in the world. ... Australian Aborigines are the main indigenous people of Australia. ... Warburton (26°13′ S 126°39′ E or Warburton mission is a tiny settlement in Western Australia, just to the south of the Gibson Desert on the Great Central Road and Gunbarrel Highway. ... Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ... NASA - Visible Earth, Nullarbor. ... The Great Victoria Desert is a barren, arid and sparsely populated region in southern Australia. ... Len Beadell (b. ...

This road, like many Len Beadell built, is a "highway" in name only. It is remote and does not carry regular traffic. There is no available ground water and it is one of the longest stretches in Australia between fuel pumps. Travellers need to be thoroughly prepared before tackling it.

See also

• List of Australian highways
• List of Western Australian highways