Sentences with phrase «from outback»

Here's a Dot Earth «Postcard» from the outback — specifically from the Bimblebox Nature Refuge, a 20,000 - acre patch of drylands ecosystems in Queensland, Australia, whose owners are fighting a plan to mine surface and subterranean coal seams to supply China's relentless needs.

Whether you're looking for a luxury escape or backpacking on a budget, from the outback to the coast, you'll find a host of choices ranging from day trips to extended journeys covering every state and territory in Australia.

Explore the Red Centre on this cycling adventure departing from the outback town of Yulara, located just north of the Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park.

Hailing from Australia, Nelson drew his inspiration from the outback and turned the M3 into a piece of Papunya tribal art.

Hey, the best ribs in town are from outback steakhouse.

Not exact matches

The highlight was working on a whole - of - life data project that involved constructing networks of environmental monitoring stations in the Australian outback, and then using the collected data to empirically model groundwater dynamics — which doesn't sound all that interesting, but was actually quite a departure from the generally accepted contemporary methods.

Within two and a half centuries, what began as a ragtag gang of nobodies from the civilizational outback had so transformed the Mediterranean world that the most powerful man in that world, the Roman emperor Constantine, joined the winning side.

The Lilly Foundation funded a gathering of a cross-section of theological teachers and administrators from seminaries, university divinity schools and colleges — Protestant and Catholic, mainline and evangelical, well - known schools and those in the outback — to explore the subject.

-- Industries seeking readily constructed or portable, low maintenance solutions for operations particularly in remote, ecologically or environmentally sensitive areas — ranging from resources or agribusiness developments in the country or outback, through to food, beverage, manufacturing and processing plants sharing precious water resources with urban areas.

While a handful of other culinary destinations worldwide have also embraced the ingredient — including The Exotic Meat Company, which has sold camel burgers and steaks sourced from the Australian outback in its stall in Borough Market in London — there's nothing quite like taking your first bite from atop Café Clock's roof as you watch the sky grow pink over a maze of mosques and markets.

Buffalo School Board member Carl P. Paladino's latest inflammatory comments to a weekly Buffalo paper saying he wished death by mad cow disease upon President Obama, referred to the first lady as a man and said he'd like her to be «let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla» prompted calls for his removal from the board and sparked outrage from Buffalo to the state capital.

By the time Artvoice published last week the comments Paladino made in a year end survey — saying he wished death by mad cow disease upon President Barack Obama and wanted First Lady Michelle Obama to be «let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla» — the developer was already on a national stage poised for scrutiny from some of the country's largest media outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post and CNN.

Vacco referenced the racist statements from that Artvoice article written by Paladino, where he said he hoped President Obama would die of mad cow disease and Michelle Obama would «return to being a male and let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe.»

And to avoid interference from sources on Earth — like FM radio stations — Bowman and colleagues set up their table - sized antenna far from civilization, at the Murchison Radio - astronomy Observatory in the western Australian outback.

We have arrived at Boolardy, a cattle station in the Western Australian outback some 750 kilometres from Perth, the nearest city and one which is itself isolated from others in Australia.

They triangulated on its position and, last week on New Year's Eve, dug up the 1.7 kilogram rock from a small crater in a dry lake in the Australian outback.

In 1993, its solar cells powered Honda to a win at the 1993 World Solar Challenge, an annual solar - powered automobile race that runs 3000 kilometers north to south through Australia's outback, from Darwin to Adelaide.

From the Middle East to the Australian outback and the African savannah, many of Earth's driest regions are getting greener.

Other suspected causes include sewage from resorts on the islands and coast and excessive grazing by cattle in the outback, which may have loosened the topsoil, allowing it to be washed down the rivers to the coast, along with the nitrates and phosphates bonded to it.

Capping a decadeslong custody battle, an aboriginal funeral service hearse set off on 14 November from the Australian National University in Canberra — where the remains were kept since their discovery — on a 700 - kilometer drive across the outback to Willandra Lakes.

A music - fueled road movie about a naive youth from the Australian outback on his way to seek fame and fortune in Nashville.

As the satellite inexorably spins toward its final resting place, the William Hurt character continues his secret personal mission, which takes him from European locations (Venice, Paris) to San Francisco and points in Asia before finally leading him to that mecca of metaphysical motherlodes, the Australian outback.

Set in the arid Australian outback, and stunningly photographed by the veteran cinematographer Geoffrey Simpson (Shine, Oscar and Lucinda), it's constructed around an exceptionally empathetic central turn from the Sherlock star Martin Freeman.

Although Opal Dream marks a pleasing departure from the conventions of the British comedy — it's based on a children's book and set in the Australian outback — it's disappointingly small in scope.

Ever since Robyn Davidson wrote her 1979 memoir of her 1700 - mile, eight - month trek across the Australian outback from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean, and the book became an award - winning best - seller around the world, Hollywood has been sniffing around it.

Based on the true story of four young, talented Aboriginal girls in the Sixties, «The Sapphires», starring Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, newcomers Shari Sebens, Miranda Tapsell and Australian pop singer Jessica Mauboy, follows the all - girl group from Country and Western classics in an «unfriendly» outback pub to soul singing stars to the troops during the Vietnam War.

Considering the absolute brutality of the Australian outback, it's surprising that there haven't been more great takes on the Western genre from down under.

Martin Freeman is a father trying to save his infant daughter from a zombie pandemic in «Cargo» (2017), a survival thriller set in the desolation of the Australian outback.

His first was The Cars that Ate Paris, a black comedy about an outback community using tricked - out murder vehicles to off tourists from the city — five years before George Miller would tread similar territory with Mad Max.

This is the latest from Australian director Greg McLean, best - known for his gruelling outback chiller Wolf Creek (2005), which also started with three backpackers going on the ill - fated trip of a lifetime.

There's something about the Australian outback that bleeds through the screen and fills me with a sense of bleakness that I have never felt from a conventional western... and I love it.

What is considered creative in, say, an urban classroom in Paris may differ from what is seen as creative in, say, an Australian school in the outback.

-- Part one of our two - part competition is in this issue / Harry the hawker's van — The story of a 1926 Graham Brothers van in the Australian outback — by Dennis Harrison / A 9/12 Humber named Edmund — The life of a 1926 Humber as recounted by Malcolm Dungworth / The story of Professor Low — Michael Worthington - Williams recounts the story of a brilliant prolific inventor in the field of motoring / Alban Crofts: motor - body builder — This South Croydon firm bodied a wide variety of vehicles from the Edwardian period onwards / 1913 Sunbeam 12/16 «torpedo tourer» — The Editor enjoys this month's Excursion over a weekend of rallying / Diary of a dilettante — Tom Threlfall continues his diary of some of the more interesting of the vintage summer events.

It was Subaru's ambitious notion to assemble a bunch of Foresters, Crosstreks, and Outbacks in South America and invite a motley crew of rogues such as myself to drive them from Argentina south into Chile and finally back into Argentina to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world.

I'll likely do my jetta this weekend but wait until the first week of august to change the outback's since it'll hit 3k finally when we return from canadia.

but from all that, we decided it was a good gamble on the outback.

Unless you're seriously into Outbacks, the 2015 model probably doesn't look all that much different from last year's model.

I purchased the outback for my daughter Christine from Fredericksburg, VA..

[52] EyeSight has been very popular, equipped on approximately 90 % of all Legacy and Outbacks sold in Japan at the beginning of 2012, [51] and the engineers responsible for its development won a prize from the Japanese government that year.

Exterior styling up front mimics the recently debuted Corolla hatchback, while outback the Corolla sedan appears to borrow design cues from the current Ford Fusion.

It may have been conceived for the rough and tumble of the Australian outback, but the conversion for civilian use gives it a straightforward nature together with level of comfort you'd hardly expect from such an extreme looking machine.

Outbacks are trail - ready from the get - go thanks to 8.7 inches of running ground clearance and a standard off - road setting Subaru calls X-Mode.

While staying with Aunty Big in the Australian outback, Lucy discovers that she can enter the seasonal murals on her aunt's dining room wall, where she meets relatives from her past.

Albert, a platypus who carefully plotted and implemented his escape from the zoo in Adelaide in order to search for the comforting wilds of his childhood home in Old Australia, is rescued from nakedness and near death in the outback by a crusty wombat named Jack.

«Tales from the Sand Hills» is set in the Australian outback during the 50's and 60's.

From British birds to tropical insects and mammals from the Australian outback, the new Derby nature collection encourages visitors to interpret and engage with the items on show, be it through a soundscape of nightingale sounds, magnifiers to scrutinise fossils, birds» eggs, shells and beetles up close, or a touch screen asking how connected to nature you fFrom British birds to tropical insects and mammals from the Australian outback, the new Derby nature collection encourages visitors to interpret and engage with the items on show, be it through a soundscape of nightingale sounds, magnifiers to scrutinise fossils, birds» eggs, shells and beetles up close, or a touch screen asking how connected to nature you ffrom the Australian outback, the new Derby nature collection encourages visitors to interpret and engage with the items on show, be it through a soundscape of nightingale sounds, magnifiers to scrutinise fossils, birds» eggs, shells and beetles up close, or a touch screen asking how connected to nature you feel.

The two most popular small parrot species, cockatiels and budgerigars (parakeets), are originally from the Australian outback, where seeds make up a larger part of their diet.

Delve into indigenous cultures of the region, explore the timeless landscapes of the outback, savor contemporary cuisine under a canopy of night stars, and take in panoramic views of the desert from floor - to - ceiling windows.

From short city breaks to walking trails, nature journeys, coastal drives and epic journeys across the outback, here are some suggestions to get you started on your Australian holiday adventure.

Get an insider's view of Sydney with a private guide; discover remote stretches of the world's largest barrier reef from secluded Lizard Island; and sleep within sight of sacred Uluru, where you'll learn about the Aboriginal traditions that infuse the outback.