outback

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Weather in the outback was actually variable, very hot some days but cold and even rare rain one night.

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  1. adverb Out to or in remote rural country, especially in Australia or New Zealand.
  2. noun The remote rural part of a country especially of Australia or New Zealand.

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  • Weather in the outback was actually variable, very hot some days but cold and even rare rain one night. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • 'Smash a Kangaroo' is an amusing didgeridoo-based groove extolling the necessity of animal cruelty in the outback, and the Tonite mix of Spank Rock's 'Put That Pussy On Me' is a vintage guitar-tuned club banger. —  Drowned In Sound // Feed
  • It will feature the sounds of the outback, as well as the Japanese attacks on the land down under. —  In Contention
  • Huge flocks of young birds have perished as temperatures soared over 50 degrees in the Western Australian outback, a roadhouse manager says. —  Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
  • We spent a few days in Sydney sight-seeing and then we flew to Adelaide ready to start a 7 day trip up to Alice Springs on a tour of the outback, the desert - the real Australia. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
 

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