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Tourism sign post in Yalgoo, Western Australia. The Outback is a remote, vast, sparsely populated area of Australia.The Outback is more remote than the bush.While often envisaged as being arid, the Outback regions extend from the northern to southern Australian coastlines and encompass a number of climatic zones, including tropical and monsoonal climates in northern areas, arid areas in the ...
Yowie is one of several names for an Australian folklore entity that is reputed to live in the Outback.The creature has its roots in Aboriginal oral history. In parts of Queensland, they are known as quinkin (or as a type of quinkin), and as joogabinna, [1] in parts of New South Wales, they are called Ghindaring, jurrawarra, myngawin, puttikan, doolaga, gulaga and thoolagal. [1]
Some Indigenous Australians hold that the number of sightings has increased in conjunction with the ingression of Europeans into the outback. [1] While it has been claimed that the first recorded sighting dates to 1838, in the book Six Months in South Australia, [3] it is possible that the event described is a different phenomenon. [4]
The Ghan is one of the longest train journeys in the world, spanning 1,851 miles and multiple climate zones, from tropical Darwin in Australia’s “top end” to the lush hills of Adelaide on ...
A fiery tornado ripping through fields in Australia's Outback has been caught on camera by farm contractors. The video, which was taken on 31 October, shows the whirlwind of fire sending dust ...
The Channel Country is a region of outback Australia mostly in the state of Queensland but also in parts of South Australia, Northern Territory and New South Wales. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The name comes from the numerous intertwined rivulets that cross the region, which cover 150,000 km². [ 3 ]
The 2008 film Australia was set on the fictional station Faraway Downs; the movie was filmed on Home Valley Station. [19] The 2016 videogame Sid Meier's Civilization VI introduces Australia into the series, with one ability being a unique tile improvement called the Outback Station. [20]
Coordinates (Northwest end); (Southeast end); General information; Type: Track: Length: 614 km (382 mi) [1]: Major junctions; Northwest end: Stuart Highway Marla, South Australia: : Birdsville Track: Southeast end: The Outback Highway Marree, South Australia: Location(s); Region: Far North [2]: Restrictions; Permits: not required: Fuel supply: Oodnadatta William Creek Marree: Facilities ...