John Curran

Tracks' is based on the book by Robyn Davidson who, in the mid-Seventies, decided to leave the city, go to the outback, learn to train camels and walk across the Australian desert to the ocean: a journey that is about two thousand miles and will take about six or seven months.

American Director

Bindi Irwin

I live in a town called Beerwah, right in the middle of Australia Zoo. It's not hustle and bustle and busy, so that's helpful. We travel all over the world, but I've always been able to come home and run around in the middle of the Australian outback.

Australian Actress

Ann Macbeth

Ten years ago I was not heavily involved in the film world but on reflection it was a boom time with the mineral boom happening, so there was immense growth for industrial training films, documentaries to do with the mining, and the outback world.

English Author

John Torode

I want people to throw on a hat, head out into the outback and see the real Australia. You can do it how you want - independently in a 4WD, camping under the stars, or being treated like a king in a luxury homestead or on a cruise.

Australian Chef

Hugh Jackman

I had spent some time in the outback, but to meet Aboriginals and work with them was wonderful. It gave me a great appreciation of how tough life is and about the indomitable spirit that the Aboriginal people have always possessed.

Australian Actor

Lydia Millet

Trophy hunters are not Everyman. These world-traveling endangered-species shooters are a far cry from the hunters who spend weekends in the American outback near their suburban or rural homes.

American Novelist

Louis Theroux

I am always drawn to things that feel different to what I would experience at home: things that offer a combination of unfamiliarity and a sort of bleak glamour. I think the outback has that.

British Director

Helen Garner

I used to feel an obligation to invent things. I felt I was a failure because I didn't do massive great novels about Australia or the outback or something. I just don't feel that any more.

Australian Novelist

Ophelia Lovibond

I don't have any irrational fears. Obviously, if I was walking through the outback, and I saw a snake, I wouldn't go up and stroke it, but I wouldn't run screaming from it, either.

English Actress

I would love to make a film in the outback or in Papua New Guinea, in Port Moresby. I know that it's not in Australia, but it's not too far.

Use 'outback' to describe regions unique to the Australian interior, not other countries.

Australia-specific

Emphasizes tough landscape, so avoid using for gentle countryside.

Rugged Terrain

Refers to areas with few people, not bustling towns or cities.

Sparse Population

When saying 'outback', it often implies seeking peaceful nature escapes.

Tranquil Wilderness

Suggests an adventurous atmosphere, can be anywhere remote.

Adventure Setting

Using 'outback' shows awareness of Australia's culture and geography.

Cultural Insight

Conveys a hard-working, self-sufficient way of life.

Hardy Lifestyle

Use 'outback' adverbially to imply direction away from cities towards wilderness.

Directional Use

Suggests a deliberate choice of a remote lifestyle or escape.

Rural Embrace

 and she's describing this fascinating idea of crossing the desert with camels and but you know, we don't want the headline 'National Geographic explorer dies in week two.' You know, in the outback, is she a nutcase, is she for real..." I said, "Well, she is very intense. I've seen her camels, I've seen her maps,

Alone Across the Outback...

 was a magical moment and i wanted to do this for the rest of my life tamara marino uses photography to share hidden stories including her powerful images of life underground her work has taken her to the utah desert the australian outback and andalusia spain all in the name of helping us imagine

Modern Lives, Ancient...

 famous for the outback which is the deserts in the interior of the country I'd also like to see some of its wildlife including the koala koala the kangaroo and the platypus if I were put in charge of the earth for an entire day I'd actually have two top priorities not

Geographic Bee 2010 - MN...

 living species of flightless birds. These earthbound avians live all over the world, from the Australian outback to the African savanna to Antarctic shores. They include some species of duck and all species of penguin, secretive swamp dwellers

Why can't some birds...

 bruce's specialty is herpetology so reptiles and amphibians in his long career he sprinted after venomous snakes in the australian outback and has had life-threatening bites from diamondbacks in the u.s not once but twice

First Ascent of a Sky...

 The male of this species has a massive brain that he uses to hunt for cold beer. And when he finds one, he drains it, and sometimes throws the bottle into the outback.

Do we see reality as it...

 nearly a thousand percent above the global average why is the rate of twinning here so much higher why here in this tiny town deep in the Brazilian outback

A Town Full of Twins PIPE...

 outback of Australia backstage at a Shinto festival in Hoggy Japan and a favorite portrait of mine enigmatic emotionally a young person deeply within

The Life of a Photograph...

 him at the outback hotel all right we made it we've made it one more day to go we met peter mccray

Rescuing The Bilbies PIPE...

 beneath the hot skillet surface of the outback where the baked soil crumbles