The Australian Outback is regarded as the enormous and vast, remote arid interior of Australia. The term "the Outback" is often referred to locations such as Uluru, Simpson Desert or the Tanami that are comparatively more isolated and remote than those areas named "the bush" which, colloquially, can refer to any lands outside the main populated areas of Australia. Culturally our Australian Outback is deeply ingrained in our heritage, history and Australian folklore.

Where is the Top End of Australia

According to Wikipedia: The Top End of Australia's Northern Territory is a geographical region encompassing the northernmost section of the Northern Territory, which aside from the Cape York Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Australian continent.

It covers a rather vaguely defined area of perhaps 245,000 km2 (94,595 sq mi) behind the northern coast from the Northern Territory capital of Darwin across to Arnhem Land with the Indian Ocean on the west, the Arafura Sea to the north, and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the east, and with the almost waterless semi-arid interior of Australia to the south, beyond the huge Kakadu National Park .

The Top End contains both of the Territory's cities and one of its major towns, Darwin, Palmerston and Katherine.

The landscape is relatively flat with river floodplains and grasslands with eucalyptus trees along with rocky areas and patches of rainforest, and in western Arnhem Land a high rugged sandstone plateau cut through with gorges, much of which is in Kakadu National Park . The rivers that form the wetlands include the South and East Alligator Rivers, Mary River, and the Glyde River. The climate is tropical monsoon with a wet and dry season, bringing the highest rainfall in northern Australia (over 1,200 mm (47 in) per year). Temperatures do not fluctuate widely throughout the year. There are a number of islands off the Top End coast including the Tiwi Islands (Bathurst Island and Melville Island), and Groote Eylandt as well as many smaller ones.

The well-known town of Alice Springs is located further south, in the arid southern part of the Northern Territory, sometimes referred to by Australians as the Red Centre.

Map of the Top End Northern Territory