Ready for a real outdoor adventure? If so, come along to the Outback.
That’s the rural heart of Australia. There are only a few paved roads here. The weather is usually hot and dry. Living in the Outback can be hard work. At times, it can be dangerous. Bushfires and floods are worries for the folks here. So are droughts. Maybe that’s why less than 5 percent of Australia’s people live here.
The dry interior of the country is mostly open bush. Outback towns are small. Most have a general store, a hotel, and a few houses. Families may travel to major cities for their banking, shopping, and medical needs. That could be many hundreds of miles away. Nearly all the farms in the Outback are cattle or sheep stations (ranches). The land there isn’t good for growing crops. But it‘s fine for feeding cows or sheep. Australia is one of the world’s largest producers of wool. Much of it comes from the Outback.