walkabout

Meanings

1. A period, often extended, during which an Aboriginal person left a station or settlement to travel on country, typically seasonally or for traditional cultural reasons; a journey by foot taken by an Aboriginal as a temporary withdrawal from white society.
2. A walking trip.
3. A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally.
4. An absence, usually from a regular place with a possibility of a return.

Etymology

Deverbal from walk about, originally in Australian Pidgin English; the Australian aboriginal word wokabat is derived from this term.