YEAR OF THE OUTBACK

Welcome to the official website for the Australian Outback Development Consortium Ltd, coordinators of the "Outback Calling" Quadrennial Year of the Outback Campaign!

About this website
We invite you to explore this site to learn more about the Australian Outback Development Consortium Ltd, the "Outback Calling" Quadrennial Year of the Outback Campaign and Rural, Regional and Remote Australia - it’s events, activities, projects and achievements.

Register here to be included in the National Calendar of Events
If you are organising an event and you would like it to appear on our National Calendar of Events, we invite you to register here. There is no charge to register and appear on the this listing, our aim is to work together with individuals, communities and organisations Australiawide to produce a comprehensive national calendar of "Outback" related events and encourage people to experience the ‘Bush’ for themselves..

Outback Youth Infront Report
Australia’s Youth Infront was the theme of Year of the Outback 2006. This theme focused on Australia’s youth, their contribution and key role in the future of Australia, their thoughts, concerns, dreams and aspirations.

The Australian Government partnered up with the Australian Outback Development Consortium, to discover and document the issues that rural youth believe are facing rural, regional and remote Australia and their recommendations and innovative ideas on how these issues can be addressed by government, rural industries, and communities.

These views and recommendations were compiled into the report ‘Outback Youth Infront, Their Voice – Australia’s Future’.