the Outback
Australia's remote interior
The Outback is Australia's vast, arid, sparsely populated interior—the remote bushland beyond coastal cities and towns.
The term evokes red earth, extreme heat, and rugged self-reliance: They drove three days into the Outback.
It functions as both geographic description and cultural symbol of Australian frontier identity.
- desertTo leave behind completely
- bushMulti-stemmed woody plant
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- kangarooPouched Australian leaper
- redPrimary color, warm
red dust · dust · drought · arid · water hole · station · cattle · dingo · spinifex · billabong · cattle station · swag · stockman · road train · remote · dirt road · harsh · sunburnt
the OutbackSydney
New South Wales capital
Melbourne · metropolitan areas · civilization · downtown · Brisbane
the Outbackrainforest
Wet tropical woodland ecosystem
the bush · wetlands · fertile land · green belt · temperate zones
out, back, outbacks, backs, backed, backing, backer, backers, backward