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Outback

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remotenounAt a distance; disconnected.
backwoodsnounA remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.

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backwoodsnounA remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
remotenounAt a distance; disconnected.
inaccessiblenounNot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient.
unaccessibleNot accessible
bushnoun(horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
hinterlandnounThe land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
bushlandnoun(chiefly Australia) An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
outwasteverb(ambitransitive) To waste entirely.
desertnounA barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
middle of nowherenoun(idiomatic) A very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.
barren(of places) Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
desertnessnoun(archaic) The condition of being deserted.
arse end of nowherenoun(idiomatic, derogatory) A very remote place.
wastelandnounA place with no remaining resources; a desert.
outworldnoun(science fiction, often attributive) A planet that is remote from the homeworld of a civilization.
backwaternoun(idiomatic, usually figurative) A remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that figuratively resembles such a place.
wildernessnoun(uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
solitudenounAloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself.
badlandsnoun(geomorphology) An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.
desolationnounThe state of being desolated or laid waste

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