Walkabout (disambiguation)

Walkabout (disambiguation)

Walkabout can mean:

*The walkabout, an Australian aboriginal ritual of manhood; also go walkabout.

Arts

*"Walkabout (novel)", a book written by James Vance Marshall.
*"Walkabout (film)", a film based on the novel (also adapted for the stage).

Television

*"Walkabout (Babylon 5)", a "Babylon 5" episode, and a thematic arc starting from "Grey 17 is Missing".
*Walkabout (Millennium), a "Millennium" episode (17, first season).
*"Walkabout", an episode of "Gargoyles" (TV series).
*"Walkabout (Lost)", an episode of "Lost".
*"Walkabout (Robin Hood), an episode from the second series of "Robin Hood"

Movies

*""Crocodile" Dundee", the plot of this movie surrounds the fact that Mick "Crocodile" Dundee goes on a walkabout to New York city.

Music

* "Walkabout", a song on Red Hot Chili Peppers' album "One Hot Minute".
*"Walkabout (album)", an album by The Fixx.
*"Walkabout (Najwa Nimri album)", an album by Najwa Nimri.
* "Walkabout", a song by The Sugarcubes from the album "Stick Around for Joy".
* "Walkabout", a song by Nik Kershaw from the album "The Works".
* "Walkabout", a song by Edgar Froese from the album "Pinnacles".

Other

*Walkabout (pub chain) is an Australian-themed pub chain.
*"Walkabout magazine" was an Australian travel magazine popular in the 1950s.
* [http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/palsberg97essence.html Walkabout] , a 1997 refinement of the Visitor pattern in Software engineering.
*Gulf Coast WalkAbout is a program of the National Youth Leadership Council as part of its Resources for Recovery Initiative in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the United States Gulf Coast.

Slang usage

*Jocularly, someone or thing that has disappeared permanently or temporarily is said to have 'gone walkabout', for example, "Ainslie, have you seen my stapler? It's gone walkabout again." Also 'gone walkies'.
*In the Commonwealth realms: organized events in which members of the Royal Family walk past assembled crowds of onlookers.
*A person's desire to travel without a planned itinerary or set destination; the more common English term is wanderlust.


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