It's funny because 90% of the Australian population lives within cities, all within 25km of the coast so there's this tiny inhabited strip and then a massive internal space with a very sparse population. Most Australians have barely even seen the Outback themselves.
I should get you to watch McLeod's Daughter's - it is country-based (as opposed to Outback which is untouched bush and desert) but a *little* closer to reality since they are on a farm. Of course, dramatic conventions dictate that someone falls off a horse/tractor/roof and sustains life-threatening head injuries/internal injuries/coma/amnesia every week but still ....
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Date: 2007-02-06 10:55 am (UTC)I should get you to watch McLeod's Daughter's - it is country-based (as opposed to Outback which is untouched bush and desert) but a *little* closer to reality since they are on a farm. Of course, dramatic conventions dictate that someone falls off a horse/tractor/roof and sustains life-threatening head injuries/internal injuries/coma/amnesia every week but still ....