Lunch Break Papers

I wouldn't term it a geographical 'area' either really unless you're just referring to desert regions, which exist in a multitude of places. I guess if you look at it dispassionately, any area outside the coastal urban fringe could be termed 'outback' but that's not correct either. The 'concept' of the outback is more a 'myth'- the idealised 'philosophical jackaroo' surviving drought and flood, but the image of the 'suntanned Aussie' has long passed- it's how those outside of Australia like to imagine us.