Australia may be considered a land ‘down under’ and far out from most, but that doesn’t mean it is keeping people from spending their savings to travel that way. Should you arrive in Sydney or Melbourne and find it way too touristy for your liking ask around to find a more remote area also known as the word found below.
Today’s word is a Bush word used in Australia:
backblocks – a remote area
Hiroyuki Yokose does a great job outlining Aboriginal words used in Australian English like our vocab words from the past. For additional words you may wish to check out his findings. The Bangerang Cultural Centre is one of the first Aboriginal museums in the country and has a list of words online from this particular tribe. Wiki lists a large number of tribes and languages found in Australia which if you already haven’t set your mind on one in particular you can try picking one off their list. Try Lonely Planet’s Outback Australia guide for additional offline reading and trip planning.
Past Aboriginal/Australian words: cooee, yabber, bush telly, duffing