outback australia
Temperatures in the central deserts can reach 50 degrees in the summer, but plunge to as cold as minus 10 in winter.
Houses in the outback have a large verandah around the whole house it shade it from the heat of the sun. Houses are made from bricks or rammed earth. Rammed earth is the best material to use in very hot and very cold places, it helps to keep the house at the right temperature (this is called insulation) Houses in the Outback have a LOT of space around them because less than 1 out of 10 people live there. People in the Outback have HUGE backyards. Houses in Outback Australia are usually one storey, because there is enough room to spread out. |