bushwalk
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A hike; an off-road walk in the countryside, possibly wearing a backpack, undertaken as a leisure activity.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage
Example Sentences
- "There are also bushwalks in Sassafras Gully."
- "The 24-sq-km Porongurup National Park is 12km long and has 1100-million-year-old granite outcrops, panoramic views, beautiful scenery, large karri trees and excellent bushwalks."
- "Some offer a guided coach tour during which you just stretch your legs, while others let you get your circulation going with a couple of longish bushwalks."
- "In 1913, Myles Dunphy and Bert Gallop had bushwalked through the area when it was still a wilderness, its paths and depths known only to the locals."
- "When he′d grown tall and lanky, he bushwalked on Magnetic Island, with its secluded bays and hiking trails to Mt. Cook through groves of coconut palms and tamarinds and mangoes."
- "2008, Alan Murphy, Justin Flynn, Paul Harding, Olivia Pozzan, Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef, Lonely Planet, page 61, Throughout the state you can also go bushwalking in rainforests, camping on isolated tropical islands, horseriding along coastal beaches, and wildlife-spotting in the plethora of national parks and reserves."