Another name for a remote bush area could be wilderness or backcountry.
Australia is known for its outback because it is a vast and beautiful area, quite unlike ordinary deserts or semi-arid areas. The outback symbolises freedom, and it has brilliantly colourful sunsets.
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Aussies call the desert areas "the Outback."
Depending on the context, remote rural areas may be referred to either as "the Bush" or "the outback". The Bush generally refers to remote areas which are not semi-arid like the Outback. If someone has "gone bush" he may have decided to leave civilised society for awhile, but he is not likely to be in the remote, desert, outback areas.
The area of Outback Areas Community Development Trust is 624,339 square kilometers.
The area is called the outback.
An area remote from the center called the outskirts.
The term "outback" refers to the minimally occupied regions beyond the main settlements. It comes from the fact that it is "out the back of beyond". It is, quite simply, a long way from civilisation. There seem to be no restrictions to the continuous wide, open spaces, and when you are in the outback there's a good chance that, unless you're on the major highways, you can travel for hours without meeting another car. Australia is a vast country, with huge tracts of unoccupied, dry land, which is the outback. It is its geography which makes it "the outback".
An area remote from the center called the outskirts.
If you're looking for a big Australian town not on the coast Ballarat would be one. Towns can service the rural sector even if they are on the coast. See the link below (50 largest Urban Centres by population) for places to choose from.
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