water hole (noun): pub or hotel

Photo of the Silverton Hotel in Outback, NSW by SplaTT.

“Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth. Its interior has one of the lowest rainfalls in the world and about three-quarters of the land is arid or semi-arid.”-About Australia

Photo courtesy of Paul van Roekel.

Bush (noun): meaning country-side or wooded area

Photo courtesy of Abel Tasman Tours.