outback
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As I step out into this next phase of life, I do sometimes find myself missing the chaos of Hanoi or the wide-open spaces of the Australian outback.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Police say they launched the largest search in the history of South Australia when four-year-old Gus Lamont was reported missing in late September from his family's Oak Park Station in the outback north of Adelaide.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
Police say a suspect has been identified over the disappearance of a four-year-old boy who went missing in the South Australian outback.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
"It's the freedom, the space you have to move," Breanna says, listing all the things she loves about her life, 1,600km north-east of Brisbane in Australia's sparsely-populated outback.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
Karl had topped his outfit with his outback hat, the same one he’d used to cover Sasha the day Sasha was burned.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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Australia and New Zealand - Introductory
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