Walkabout

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Walkabout is an English language expression with several meanings:

[edit] Definitions

• Walkabout is an Australian pidgin (or perhaps quasi-pidgin) term referring to the belief that Australian Aborigines "go walkabout" at the age of thirteen in the wilderness for six months as a rite of passage. The term is used in the film Crocodile Dundee among others.
• This meaning has lead to a jocular modern usage, whereby someone who has unexpectedly wandered off to destination uncertain is said to have 'gone walkabout'. It can also apply to a missing item, for example, "Have you seen my stapler? It's gone walkabout again."
• In the UK, a walkabout is a name for organised group meetings in which members of the British Royal Family walk past assembled crowds of onlookers, meeting and chatting with various members of the public.
• Walkabout may be used to refer to a person's desire to travel without a planned itinerary or set destination; the more common English term is wanderlust.
• Walkabout is an Australian themed pub chain found in the UK selling primarily Australian beers.

[edit] disambiguations

• Walkabout (novel) is a book written by James Vance Marshall.
• Walkabout (film) is a film.
• Walkabout (Babylon 5) is a Babylon 5 episode.
• "Walkabout" is an episode of Gargoyles (TV series), centered around the Australian aboriginal practice.
• Walkabout (Lost), an episode of the television series Lost
• The Walkabout (pub chain) is an Australia-themed pub chain.
• Walkabout was an Australian travel magazine popular in the 1950s.
• Walkabout is a song on Red Hot Chili Peppers' album One Hot Minute.
• Walkabout (album) is an album by The Fixx.
• Walkabout (Najwa Nimri album) is an album by Najwa Nimri.
• Walkabout (South Park) is a quarterly event in the South Park neighborhood of San Diego, California.