We crossed the Nullarbor on our Perth to Melbourne road trip, and drove the 90 Mile Straight, the longest straight stretch of road in Australia. Red dirt, endless sky, roadhouses in the middle of nowhere and kangaroos at dusk: the outback is one of the most photogenic places on Earth, and one of the hardest to caption.
Here are over 100 outback captions for Instagram: short ones, funny ones, road trip captions, red centre and Uluru captions, desert sunset and stars captions, wildlife captions and Aussie slang captions, plus emojis and hashtags.
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Short outback captions
- Into the outback.
- Red dirt therapy.
- Middle of nowhere, exactly where I want to be.
- Big sky country.
- Outback state of mind.
- Dust, sun and freedom.
- Endless horizons.
- Red earth, blue sky.
- The great Australian outback.
- Lost in the bush.
- Wide open spaces.
- Where the road disappears.
- “I love a sunburnt country.” (Dorothea Mackellar, My Country, 1908)
- Outback and loving it.
- Nothing but sky.
- Desert dreaming.
- Out here, time slows down.
- The real Australia.
- Spinifex and sunshine.
- Outback magic.
- Red, wild and free.
- Far from everything, close to wonder.
Funny outback captions
- Next petrol station: 200 km. No pressure.
- Flies: 1,000. Me: 0.
- My car has never been this dusty.
- Phone signal? Never heard of her.
- Outback fashion: fly net chic.
- Counted more kangaroos than cars today.
- Red dirt in places I didn’t know existed.
- Roadhouse pie for dinner, again.
- The GPS just said ‘keep going’.
- Today’s entertainment: spotting a bend in the road.
- Waved at every car we passed. All three of them.
- The outback: where ‘just down the road’ means four hours.
- Sunscreen: SPF 50. Outback sun: SPF 500.
- Our car is now 40% red dust.
- Fuel, snacks, water, repeat.
Outback road trip captions
The Nullarbor isn’t just a road, it’s a state of mind. Read our full Perth to Melbourne road trip itinerary.
- Crossing the Nullarbor.
- 90 miles, zero bends.
- The longest straight road in Australia.
- Roadhouse to roadhouse.
- Long roads, big skies.
- Driving into the horizon.
- Outback highways and open windows.
- Road trains and red dirt.
- Cliffs of the Great Australian Bight.
- Eyre Highway adventures.
- Every kilometre feels like freedom.
- No traffic, just horizon.
- Mirages and long roads.
- Kilometres of nothing, and it’s perfect.
Red centre and Uluru captions
Uluru at sunset made our list of the best sunset spots in the world.
- Uluru at sunset, glowing red.
- The heart of Australia.
- Red centre, full heart.
- Kata Tjuta, standing tall.
- Sacred land, endless sky.
- Watching Uluru change colour.
- Desert silence, ancient rock.
- Kings Canyon views.
- The colours of the red centre.
- Field of Light, field of dreams.
- Ancient land, timeless views.
Desert sunset and night sky captions
- Outback sunsets hit different.
- The sky is on fire tonight.
- Golden hour in the desert.
- A billion stars and no light pollution.
- Milky Way over the outback.
- Swag under the stars.
- Desert nights, starry skies.
- Campfire and constellations.
- The darkest skies, the brightest stars.
- Watching the sun melt into red earth.
- Desert dusk, purple skies.
- Stargazing in the bush.
Outback wildlife captions
On the coast at Esperance, kangaroos even lounge on the beach at Lucky Bay.
- Kangaroo crossing.
- Emus on the road.
- Skippy says g’day.
- Roos at sunset.
- Spotted: one very relaxed lizard.
- Wedge-tailed eagle overhead.
- Camel country.
- Wildlife, outback style.
- Dingo spotted, from a safe distance.
- Galahs at the roadhouse.
Aussie slang captions
More in our Australia quotes and captions.
- G’day from the outback.
- Out the back of Bourke.
- She’ll be right.
- Arvo drive through the never never.
- No worries, mate.
- Beyond the black stump.
- Fair dinkum outback.
- Having a ripper time.
- Too right, mate.
Outback captions with emojis
- Red dirt 🔴🏜️
- Roo crossing 🦘⚠️
- Outback sunset 🌅🏜️
- Under the stars ✨🌌
- Road trip 🚙🛣️
- Aussie outback 🇦🇺🌵
- Campfire nights 🔥⭐
- Big sky ☀️🌏
Outback hashtags
#outback #australianoutback #outbackaustralia #nullarbor #redcentre #uluru #roadtripaustralia #seeaustralia #australia #redearth #desert #kangaroo #outbacklife #exploreaustralia #bigsky
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