APAD: The back of beyond

Meaning: A lonely forsaken place.

 

Background:

   The inland desert region of Australia that is otherwise known as the

   Never-never is also sometimes called the `Back of Beyond'.

 

   The term is more generally used to refer to any real or imagined remote

   region. It was first put into print by Sir Walter Scott in his novel The

   Antiquary, 1816:

 

     "You... whirled them to the back of beyond to look at the auld Roman camp."

 

- www.phrases.org.uk [edited]

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I watched many times "One Man's Wilderness," a video of Dick Proenneke in

Alaska. The 51-year-old set out to the back of beyond, to "test myself" as he

said. He felled some trees, built himself a log cabin next to the Twin Lakes, and

lived off the fat of the land (and water) until 82, when he finally got enough

of the winters up there and came back to California.

 

One might call the place lonely and forsaken. The vid showed anything but.

Nice one. Always admire those who can b alone in wildness

not only they r brave, they r rich in soul 2 b alone!

Australian road trains r fascinating 2 citeseers, 2k miles 2

Long haul from 2000km or mile to start with. 4000+ for circling the continent.  FYI most roads are not paved but red dirt road. really seemed endless , the destinations are at the back of beyond.

One truck tows up to 4 trailers. No such thing in NA, several hundred kms can be considered as long haul.

 

Mr. P pursued his own version of happiness. Very inspiring.

Novel, fun, and practical--no need for rails.

Think 'bout dropping the loads, haul 1by1 uphill & re.......

reassemble up there. 

or changing the huge tires under 50C by the driver alone

all costs on the driver，1 was detained by COVID for months

All part of the deal except that Covid wasn't worth it.

I could not imagine his life that he had been living alone

in a lonely forsaken place for 30years~

The back of beyond also has the fat of the land/water! Nice!

Survival kept him busy. Wild animals kept him company.

Yes. No income, no taxes, no illnesses, no forced health

insurance, and other craps. It was a blessed life.

Can we say”we live in the back of beyond”?

Sure. It can be figurative, too.

Language skills will be degenerated~

比远方更远～

There’s no teacher, we’re all leaners in APAD & life.