The outback is the remote and interior and north of Australia, although the term colloquially can cover any lands outside of the main urban areas. The term outback is generally used to refer to locations that are comparatively more remote than those areas deemed "the bush". The outback does not officially exist within any governmental frameworks or boundaries. Many local government shires do use the term to enhance tourist appeal for their own shire (see picture at right.)

The marginally fertile parts, mainly within the Lake Eyre Basin, are known as rangelands and have been traditionally used for sheep or cattle farming, on sheep stations and cattle stations which are leased from the Federal Government. Whereas these grassy areas have fairly fertile clay soils, the remainder of the outback has exceedingly infertile paleosols which cannot support fodder nutritious enough for the economic raising of stock. Although the north of Australia has high (if extremely seasonal) and fairly reliable rainfall, giving it almost all the continent's runoff, the soils there are so poor and eroded (consisting mainly of ironstone or bauxite) as to make cropping impossible even with fertilisers such as superphosphate.

Along with agriculture, tourism and mining are the main economic activities in this vast and sparsely settled area. Due to the complete absence of mountain building and glaciation since the Permian (in many areas since the Cambrian), the outback is extremely rich in iron, aluminium, manganese and uranium ores, and also contains major deposits of gold, nickel, lead and zinc ores. Because of its size, the value of grazing and mining is considerable.

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tomar banho e depois outback! #beijosmetwitta
cahferolla (Camila Ferolla) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:15:33 -0000
tomar banho e depois outback! #beijosmetwitta
Tô no outback do leblon. Alguém quer vir?
yas_snape (yas_snape) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:14:11 -0000
Tô no outback do leblon. Alguém quer vir?
Hoje vai te niver da má lá no OutBack... vo pra lá umas 20hs!
ofredsantos (Fred Santos) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:12:49 -0000
Hoje vai te niver da má lá no OutBack... vo pra lá umas 20hs!
Obaaaa! Sexta-feira é dia de OutBack! #amo! E depois um cafezinho no StarBucks! êêêêê vida boaaaaa! #ThanksGod
angelicadesenzi (Angélica Desenzi) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:12:06 -0000
Obaaaa! Sexta-feira é dia de OutBack! #amo! E depois um cafezinho no StarBucks! êêêêê vida boaaaaa! #ThanksGod
@bzmoraes quem me dera sair ;~, vo só no outback hoje e olhe lá! Mas domingo vamos sair! =))
ferreirarob (Roberta Ferreira) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:10:45 -0000
@bzmoraes quem me dera sair ;~, vo só no outback hoje e olhe lá! Mas domingo vamos sair! =))
@ChelseaMartinez it was last min sis! I was a grand central and rivas was like I wanna go to outback, come outside, vamos! Haha
marcusamartinez (Marcus Martinez) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:09:37 -0000
@ChelseaMartinez it was last min sis! I was a grand central and rivas was like I wanna go to outback, come outside, vamos! Haha

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