Catchword: bush bashing

Note: According to the Macquarie Dictionary, "bash" is an Australian term for a cross-country trip.

Filed under: English, Australia, Pastimes & Hobbies

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: Inspector Andrew Humberstone, in charge of the search, said Mr Meyer was a highly experienced bushwalker and was equipped with food, water, a mobile phone and GPS equipment when he set off. But Mr Meyer was known to hike off set tracks, he said. “He was known to go bush bashing, as they call it, through the scrub with his GPS, so it’s quite likely he’s somewhere off track at the moment.”

Article or document title:
“Hopes fading for missing bushwalker” (URL)

Article, document, publication, web site:
The West Australian

Publishing location:
Perth, Australia

Date of publication:
Mar. 26, 2008

This catchword has yet to be researched.