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  Ups and Downs of the Australian Outback. 23/08/99. ABC News Online
The total population of the Australian Outback increased by just 310 or 0.2 per cent to reach 184,464 at June 1998, although this is a long way short of the national average of 1.2 per cent over the same period.
Outback towns on the up and up are those which are based on an expanding mining industry such as Kalgoorlie, Roxby Downs and Leonora, or which serve as administrative and regional centres such as Alice Springs, Katherine (which includes the Tindall RAAF base) and Tennant Creek.
The Australian Outback is vast and sparsely settled.
www.abc.net.au /news/features/stories/salt.htm   (2134 words)

  
 Singapore Zoo
Seven female grey kangaroos, together with the wallabies, are happily nestled in the middle area of the exhibit that is interspersed with semi-arid and marginally fertile ground.
Other animals found in the zoo's "Australian Outback" include the cassowary, emu, brolga, tree kangaroo, blue-tongue skink, bearded dragon, frilled-neck lizard, and the carpet python.
The "Australian Outback" reflects the rugged beauty of Down Under.
www.zoo.com.sg /spotlight/australianOutback.htm   (248 words)

  
 The Real Australian Outback - An Outback Australia Travel Guide
You will see that the Australian Outback is not all desert (with one big rock and a few kangaroos...), far from it.
The Australian Outback is more beautiful than you ever imagined, to travel here gives you a sense of space and freedom you never thought possible, and it is nowhere near as dangerous as they try to make you believe.
Australian Outback animals are a varied and unusual bunch.
www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com   (1225 words)

  
 National Geographic Traveler Article: Australian Outback
I first realized that I was going to like the outback when I read that the Simpson Desert, an area bigger than some European countries, was named in 1929 for a manufacturer of washing machines.
It's not even possible to say quite where the outback is. To Australians anything vaguely rural is "the bush"; at some indeterminate point "the bush" becomes "the outback." Push on for perhaps 1,500 miles and eventually you come to bush again, and then a city, and then the sea.
He paused to think because, as all outback enthusiasts know, there are many reasons one might choose: the intoxicating sense of space; the simple, timeless beauty; the companionable silence; the hope that one day you might trip over an anvil-size nugget of gold; the chirpy indomitability of the people.
www.nationalgeographic.com /traveler/articles/1012australian_outback.html   (484 words)

  
 Australian Outback Pictures - Outback Photo Gallery
Outback Australia Beaches: and you thought the Outback is all about deserts...
The Outback sun is harsh and pictures that were taken during the day often look flat and boring.
This Outback photo was taken the next day, on top of one of the highest points of the ranges.
www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com /australian_outback_pictures.html   (535 words)

  
 4WD Tours Australian Outback - Tag Along 4WD Adventure Tours Australia
Tag along touring is a popular way to explore the Australian Outback for a number of reasons.
Once you could just set off on an Australian outback trip with a laissez-faire attitude, it is now becoming harder to do.
There is no better way to travel the Australian Outback than to tagalong with experienced 4wd tour guides that have "been there, done that" and "know all the ropes".
www.adventure-tours-australia.com   (413 words)

  
  Climate change hits hard in the Australian outback | csmonitor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Located in the parched west of New South Wales state, the expression "back o' Bourke" is understood by all Australians to mean in the middle of nowhere.
The drought is taking a heavy toll on towns across the outback, but its effect on Bourke, 485 miles north-west of Sydney, is particularly acute.
According to a poll this month, 62 per cent of the Australian public believes the government is not doing enough to address global warming.
www.csmonitor.com /2006/1120/p01s04-woap.html   (1253 words)

  
  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Australian outback   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Despite this, the outback and the history of its exploration and settlement provides Austalians with a mythical backdrop, and stories of swagmen, squatters, outlaws such as Ned Kelly (though Ned Kelly spent virtually all his time in the relatively temperate Great Dividing Range) and so on are central to the national ethos of the country.
Outback Steakhouse (http://www.outback.com) is a Restaurant chain in the USA using the Australian Outback as the theme.
The restaurants are decorated with Australian icons such as boomerangs, pictures of kangaroos, koalas etc. During Christmas season, some restaurants hang their Christmas trees upside down from the ceiling to emphasize their origin from "the land down under".
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/au/Australian_outback   (379 words)

  
 Australian Outback History: Different People, Different Lives | The Way People Live
Geographically, the Outback branches out in all directions from the heart of Australia, and it is cradled to the east and west by the highly populated eastern and southwestern coastal regions.
The Outback comprises not only the scorched and barren lands of central Australia and some of the driest inhabited deserts on Earth but also rich tropical rain forests, flood- and cyclone-prone coastal areas, and dense scrubland and bushland.
The Outback is the Red Centre and the Simpson Desert, the Barkly Tableland and the Top End, the Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape York, the Nullarbor Plain and the Pilbara, the Channel Country and the Strzelecki Track and all the regions, towns, stations and settlements in between.
www.bookrags.com /history/australian-outback   (462 words)

  
 Australian Outback Tours & Outback Safaris in Australia.
Outback South Australia and the Flinders Ranges begin 200km north of Adelaide and they extend to the state's borders as far as 1100 kilometers to the north of Adelaide.
Scattered throughout the Outback are vast dry salt lakes of enormous size, the largest being Lake Eyre, heavy rains transform this dry bed into a massive inland sea, but it has only happened three times in the last century.
The discovery of opals in the Outback resulted in the establishment of mining towns; most notably Coober Pedy, the largest opal-mining town in Australia and best known to the world for the unusual underground lifestyle its inhabitants have adopted.
www.australianportfolio.com /short-journeys/southern-outback/more-about-southernoutback.htm   (693 words)

  
 Australian Outback Spectacular
Australian Outback Spectacular is an exciting evening dinner show that provides all the excitement of the Australian Outback.
Australian Outback Spectacular is on every night form Tuesday to Saturday.
Plenty of audience participation at the Australian Outback Spectacular as the audience is divided into two groups and everyone is given a free stockmen's hat.
www.goldcoasteguide.com /outback.php   (81 words)

  
 AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK : Encyclopedia Entry
The outback is the remote and arid interior and north of Australia, although the term colloquially can cover any lands outside of the main urban areas.
The term outback is generally used to refer to locations that are comparatively more remote than those areas deemed "the bush".
Despite this, the outback and the history of its exploration and settlement provides Australians with a mythical backdrop, and stories of swagmen, squatters, outlaws such as Ned Kelly (though Ned Kelly spent virtually all his time in the relatively temperate Great Dividing Range) and so on are central to the national ethos of the country.
www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Australian_Outback   (714 words)

  
 Australian Outback Spectacular - Nature and Wildlife - Things To See and Do - Queensland Holidays
Australian Outback Spectacular, presented by R.M. Williams, is located on the Pacific Motorway between Warner Bros Movie World and Wet 'n' Wild Water World, just 20 minutes from the heart of Surfers Paradise.
Australian Outback Spectacular is proudly presented by R.M. Williams, Australia's leading bush outfitter.
Australian Outback Spectacular is located on the Gold Coast in the southeast corner of the Australian State of Queensland, just a 20 minute drive north of Surfers Paradise and 45 minutes south of Brisbane.
www.queenslandholidays.com.au /things-to-see-and-do/nature-and-wildlife/australian-outback-spectacular/index.cfm   (455 words)

  
 Outback Photography - John Rickertt - Brisbane custom framing and quality prints.
Rain on the unsealed roads of the Australian Outback creates difficult and sometimes hazardous conditions for the drivers of these heavy and multi-tyred road trains which are used for transporting cattle to various destinations.
On the larger Australian outback properties, the area of paddocks is huge with some being 600 sq km and greater.
The majority of cattle in the Australian Outback are transported quickly over the long lonely dusty tracks by modern day road trains, whereas in the past, cattle were walked for months along designated stock routes.
www.framecraft.com.au /outback-photography.html   (1626 words)

  
 Search: Australian Outback Animals
As the survivors try to endure the Australian Outback, meet the animals that threaten their success.
Animals Of The Australian Outback Thursday, February 8, 2001 - 12:00 AM ET NEW YORK --While many of us will never be challenged in the outdoors like the...
Other animals found in the zoo's "Australian Outback" include the cassowary, emu, brolga, tree kangaroo, blue-tongue skink, bearded dragon, frilled-neck lizard, and the carpet python.
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 Australian Outback - AskTheBrain.com
Outback Steakhouse is one of the largest casual-dining steakhouse chains in the US, with nearly 500 Australian-themed restaurants.
The Tattersals were a group of Aboriginal women in the Australian outback who were observed running from settlement to settlement, communicating messages, sharing goods, gathering food and water, and in the process spreading culture.
Outback enthusiasts may enjoy farmstays; camping under the stars; cattle mustering; sheep shearing; horse riding and exploring historical Aboriginal sites in the great Australian Outback.
www.askthebrain.com /australian_outback-.html   (354 words)

  
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 Outback Australia
Australia's outback is beautiful, if you like lonely stretches of road for hundreds of kilometres, dust, heat, sand, rock, bulldust and plenty of mud when it rains.
Autralia's outback is often looked upon as a dry, dusty, hot desert but when it rains it soon turns into a pure delight of colour with many plants flowering.
The Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre is dedicated to the story of these unsung heroes, the men and women who opened up outback Australia.
teachingtreasures.com.au /student-projects/outback/main-outback.htm   (1082 words)

  
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 Brisbane - directory - listing : Australian Outback Spectacular - ourbrisbane.com
Australian Outback Spectacular, presented by R.M. Williams, is located on the Pacific Motorway between Warner Bros Movie World and Wet 'n' Wild Water World, just 20 minutes from the heart of Surfers Paradise.
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Australian Outback Spectacular is located on the Gold Coast in the southeast corner of the Australian State of Queensland, just a 20 minute drive north of Surfers Paradise and 45 minutes south of Brisbane.
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 Australian Outback Tours and Accommodation by Travel Online - Tourism Services for Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, ...
Many agree that an outback holiday is something you must do in your lifetime.
Harsh and remote yet awesomely beautiful, this ancient land is rich in culture, heritage and monuments of nature.The Top End of the Northern Territory, or NT as we know it, is lush, green and tropical.
With wide horizons, ancient gorges, picture-book rock pools and pristine beaches, it is a special place that will linger in your mind long after you have left.
www.aussie-outback.com   (367 words)

  
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 Australia Outback Tour - Cairns to Alice Springs Outback Tours & Travel - Desert Venturer Australia
For those who believe the journey is as important as the destination, there can be no better way of travel between Cairns and Alice Springs than through the desert heart of the world’s largest island with Desert Venturer.
Join Desert Venturer for a 3 day/2 night Australian Outback tour from Cairns to Alice Springs or from Alice Springs to Cairns, and experience the contrasts of the timeless landscapes and remote townships between two of Australia's best loved tour destinations - The Reef and The Red Centre.
Desert Venturer’s unrivalled fleet of well-equipped vehicles are specifically fitted out to leave the sealed roads behind for rough dirt and desert stretches.
www.desertventurer.com.au   (175 words)

  
 Pantagraph.com | GO! | We're Australian at Outback
BLOOMINGTON -- There is a corniness to Outback Steakhouse, what with its incessant wordplay on things Australian -- it's Aussie-Tizers and array of food cooked on the barbie.
Outback is part of Tampa-based OSI Restaurant Partners Inc., founded in 1988.
From the outset, Outback was interested in playful Australian-themed, not authentic, Australian food, and some of its menu influences come from the New Orleans French Quarter.
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