walkabouts
Extended roaming journeys
Walkabouts originally refers to a journey on foot undertaken by Australian Aboriginal people, typically into the bush, as a spiritual or ceremonial practice.
The term has been adopted more broadly to mean any extended wandering or informal stroll, especially by public figures mingling with crowds: The queen went on a walkabout through the crowd.
To go walkabout can also mean to wander off or disappear, sometimes with a hint of irresponsibility: My keys have gone walkabout again.
Australia's native peoples
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
- dreamingMental imagery during slumber
- songlinesAboriginal sung navigation routes
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
Australia · spiritual · desert · elders · ceremony · rite · country · ancestors
Moving without fixed purpose
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- strollingWalking at ease
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- driftingMoving without purpose
aimless · exploring · ambling · sauntering · wander · nomadic · trek · roving
Assembled multitudes
- greetingExpression of welcome
- handshakesMutual palm grips
- publicAvailable to all
- minglingCasual social interaction
fans · barriers · royal · meet-and-greet · procession · spectators · well-wishers · appearances
Aboriginal
Australia's native peoples
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
- dreamingMental imagery during slumber
- songlinesAboriginal sung navigation routes
initiation · Australia · spiritual · desert · elders · ceremony · rite · country · ancestors · bush
roaming
Moving without fixed purpose
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- strollingWalking at ease
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
drifting · aimless · exploring · ambling · sauntering · wander · nomadic · trek · roving · excursion
crowds
Assembled multitudes
- greetingExpression of welcome
- handshakesMutual palm grips
- publicAvailable to all
mingling · fans · barriers · royal · meet-and-greet · procession · spectators · well-wishers · appearances · engagement
disappearing
Ceasing to be visible
escape · gone · missing · truant · unaccounted · bolt · flee · abscond · scarper · ditching
- royal dutiesroyal tours, royal engagements, state visits, public appearances, audiences
- traveltrip, trips, journey, journeys, travel
- travel typescommute, road trip, trips, vacations, pilgrimage
walkaboutssedentary life
Habitual physical inactivity
staying put · rootedness · homesteading · domesticity · dwelling
walkaboutssettlement
Resolved dispute or colony
staying put · permanent residence · rootedness · domestic life · staying home
- go walkaboutDisappear, often aimlessly