people who live in the Australian outback tend to be self-sufficient
Recent Examples on the WebThe rock dating and magnetic analyses were elaborate, with fourteen weeks of sampling and camping in the Australian outback in 2013 and 2014, followed by years of lab work.—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2023 They’re also perfectly adapted for life in the harsh Australian outback.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024 The first season of The Tourist follows an unnamed man (Jamie Dornan) being chased through the Australian outback.—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 In The Tourist, Jamie Dornan portrays a man who wakes up in a hospital in the Australian outback with no memory.—Dana Feldman, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 The cabin is fashionably draped in a choice of two-tone Windsor leathers; or animal-free textiles that recall technical fabrics favored by Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt, appropriate for the opera house or rugged outback.—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024 Many such animals are considered invasive: pigs in Hawaii and the American South; horses and burros in the American Southwest; goats on the Galápagos Islands; horses, donkeys, and camels in the Australian outback.—Emma Marris, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2024 The massive rock formation known as Uluru undergoes a dramatic transformation each night when the sun sets over the Australian outback.—Melissa Locker, Travel + Leisure, 17 Dec. 2023 Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman star in this six-episode series about an Englishwoman struggling to protect her ranch in the Australian outback with the help of a rugged cattleman.—Melissa Kirsch Andrew Lavallee Melissa Clark, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
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