1. Outback presentation by Leonie Haak

2. Points • What is the Outback? • Countryside • History • Population • Tourism • Sights

3. What is the Outback? • „Das Land draußen“ • Regions in Australia far from civilisation • Nearly 75% of Australia • Northern Territory and Western Australia parts of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia • Different countrysides

4. Countryside • Steppes and very waterless regions (West): • Normal seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter) • No rain for years • More than 50°C in summer • Very cold nights in winter • Red sand

6. Tropical rain forests (North): • Two Seasons (dry season between April and October and tropical time between November and March) • High humidity • Heavy rainfall • Green countryside

8. History • Early European exploration of inland Australia was sporadic • John McDouall Stuart led expeditions in the Outback 150 years ago • Finding of gold: gold miner and farmers • Needs of transport and service systems rose

9. Infrastructure • Few highways • Sporadic supply stations • “School of the Air“ • Road Trains:

10. Population today • Farmers: • tending sheep and cows • Aborigines (60,000): • Today in reservations and slums of the cities • Biggest city Alice Springs: • 25,000 inhabitants • Hard life because of heat and drought

11. Tourism • Benefits: • Varied countryside • National parks • Tours with cars, motor-bikes and on foot • Important: • Water, sunglasses, suncream, insecticides, map, compass, flashlight, hiking boots

12. Sights

13. Uluru (“Ayers Rock“)

14. Olgas or Kata Tjuta

15. Hammersley Ranges

16. Litchfield NP

17. Kakadu NP

18. Thank you for listening – any questions?