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n. 1 (context Australian aboriginal English) A nomadic excursion into the bush, especially one taken by young teenage boys in certain ancient-custom honoring tribes 2 A walking trip 3 (context British English) A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally 4 An absence, usually from a regular place with a possibility of a return. 5 (context Australian English)Colloquially used to denote any missing or stolen object ie. "The paper shredder seems to have gone walkabout."
WordNet
n. a walking trip or tour
a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally
nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine
Wikipedia
A walkabout is an Australian aboriginal ritual of manhood.
Walkabout may also refer to:
Walkabout is an Australian themed pub and restaurant in the United Kingdom owned by Intertain UK. Walkabout hosts live performances regularly and has Australian sports shown regularly like Australian Football League, National Rugby League, Super Rugby and Cricket World Cup. The food menu offers also Australian cuisine themed food such as kangaroo burgers, steaks Australian Wild Boar Burgers, Barramundi Fish and Chips and homemade Meat pies and beer like Coopers, Victoria Bitter, Little Creatures Pale Ale and Bundaberg Rum, Bundaberg Ginger Beer.
Walkabout employs 821 employees and their head office is based in Hemel Hempstead.
Walkabout is an episode from the third season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.
Walkabout is a 1971 film set in the Australian outback, directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg (credited as Lucien John) and David Gulpilil (credited as David Gumpilil). Edward Bond wrote the screenplay, which is loosely based on the 1959 novel Walkabout by James Vance Marshall. Walkabout premiered in competition at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.
Walkabout is the fourth studio album by English new wave band The Fixx, released in 1986. The first single, "Secret Separation", spent two weeks atop the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in July 1986 to become the band's second No. 1 single on this chart.
"Walkabout" is the fourth episode of the first season of Lost. The episode was directed by Jack Bender and written by David Fury. It first aired on October 13, 2004, on ABC.
The episode centers on the character of John Locke ( Terry O'Quinn), who in flashbacks is revealed, in one of the first plot twists of the show, to be paralyzed from the waist down as he attempts to join a walkabout tour. On the present day events, Locke leads a hunting mission after the wild boar in the jungle as the food supplies of the Oceanic 815 survivors starts to shorten, while other survivors decide to burn the plane's fuselage.
John Locke's backstory was conceived during the writing of the previous episode, " Tabula Rasa", and director Jack Bender decided to shoot the flashbacks in a way it enhanced the contrast between Locke's life before and after the crash. Problems involving the usage of real boar caused the producers to use computer-generated replacements and shots that suggested the animals' presence. "Walkabout" was watched by 18.16 million people and was reviewed positively, later being considered one of the show's best episodes.
Walkabout is the third studio album by Najwa Nimri, released in 2006.
Walkabout is a novel written by James Vance Marshall, first published in 1959 as The Children. It is about two children who get lost in the Australian Outback and are helped by an Aborigine on his walkabout. A film based on the book, with the same title came out in 1971, but deviated from the original plot.
Walkabout was an Australian illustrated magazine published from 1934 to 1974 combining cultural, geographic, and scientific content with travel literature. Initially a travel magazine, in its forty-year run it featured a popular mix of articles by travellers, officials, residents, journalists, and visiting novelists, illustrated by Australian photojournalists. Its title derived from the supposed ‘racial characteristic of the Australian aboriginal who is always on the move’1.
Walkabout historically refers to a rite of passage during which Indigenous male Australians would undergo a journey during adolescence, typically ages 10 to 16, and live in the wilderness for a period as long as six months to make the spiritual and traditional transition into manhood. Walkabout has come to be referred to as "temporal mobility" because its original name has been used as a derogatory term in Australian culture, demeaning its spiritual significance.
"'Walkabout" is the seventeenth episode of the first season of the American crime- thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on March 28, 1997. The episode was written by Chip Johannessen and Tim Tankosic, and directed by Cliff Bole. "Walkabout" featured guest appearances by Željko Ivanek and Gregory Itzin.
Forensic profiler Frank Black ( Lance Henriksen), a member of the private investigative organisation Millennium Group, finds himself suffering from amnesia after taking part in a nightmarish drug trial. Fearing that someone may have died as a result, Black attempts to track down the doctor responsible.
"Walkabout" was the only episode of the series to feature contributions from either Bole or Tankosic. The episode, which opens with a quotation from Cicero, was viewed by approximately 6.1 million households in its initial broadcast, and earned mixed to positive reviews from critics.
"Walkabout" is a song by Atlas Sound featuring Noah Lennox. It appears as the third track on his second studio effort Logos. Although never released as a single, it is often seen as the lead single as it was the first song officially released from the album. Upon initial release, Pitchfork Media included it in their best new tracks section and rated it as 34th best song of the year. The track utilizes an extensive sample of "What Am I Going to Do" by The Dovers.
Usage examples of "walkabout".
Since then no one has been there except an occasional jackeroo or a walkabout Aborigine.
I went there with my old friend George Frobisher and saw that the watering hole was well filled, barristers at one end of the bar, including Erskine-Brown, Miss Trant and Guthrie Featherstone going walkabout among his loyal subjects, journalists at the other, and myself and George at one of the crowded tables in the snug.
Sometimes, he would go walkabout, right down to Fremantle, then up through Leonora, Ethel Creek and back to Corunna Downs.
I went there with my old friend George Frobisher and saw that the watering hole was well filled, barristers at one end of the bar, including Erskine-Brown, Miss Trant and Guthrie Featherstone going walkabout among his loyal subjects, journalists at the other, and myself and George at one of the crowded tables in the snug.
I used to take students on walkabouts and then get them to write their subjective impressions.
For more information on Eckman's songs and the Walkabouts, write to 4739 University Way, N.
She put a Walkabouts CD on the player, the volume low, then joined Rory on the sofa, her long legs splayed out on the orange crate that served as a coffee table.
Henry Shipton, it seemed, was out on one of his frequent walkabouts through the other departments.
We would go out into the backcountry on long walkabouts, wandering and talking.
We would go out into the back country on long walkabouts, wandering and talking.
I did walkabouts, with nary a word said, but all and sundry knew who ran things.
On their walkabouts, the British agent was literally strait-jacketed in a garment which effectively disabled him from the waist up, and as if that weren't enough Karl Vyotsky was invariably present, surly bodyguard to his KGB boss.