(Australia) A shallow isolated piece of reef located a distance offshore.
(Australia) A shallow isolated piece of reef located a distance offshore.
The superior local knowledge of the Easter Island boatmen was a distracting influence, but on the way in I had decided to anchor on the sandy patch close under the bombora.
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Aussie and Kiwi vocabulary — bogan, daggy, brekkie, sheila, bach, jandals — the whole Antipodean lexicon, including outback dialect, surf and beach culture, and Sydney/Melbourne street slang.
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(Australia) An anabranch, backwater or oxbow lake that is temporarily cut off from the main river, especially one that is only filled with water during the rainy season and can sometimes dry up completely.
(AU) A shallow watercourse.
A submerged, downward-projecting piece of ice.
(South Africa, archaic) , a tree typically growing out of wet ground.
(AU, NZ) A reef (seam of quartz).