: the part of Australia that is far from cities and where few people live
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In the new ads, Irwin — dressed in Columbia shirt and shorts and wearing the brand’s new Tellurix Titanium OutDry footwear — dashes through the outback chased by 100 crocodiles.—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 12 May 2026 On The Ghan, suite guests traveling northbound will experience a Katherine Gorge Grand Flight in a helicopter above all 13 gorges of Nitmiluk National Park before landing for a private champagne moment in the outback.—Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2026 Verla, meanwhile, gets to know the outback’s many varieties of mushrooms, tinkering with various fungi in hopes of taking revenge on the cruel Boncer.—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026 Crowe first befriended Steve in the 1990s, and has remained close to the family since the outback legend's tragic death in 2006.—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the outback