I recently dined at a location of Outback Steakhouse, which — despite its name — is a chain of casual restaurants based in the United States; and as I was waiting for my meal to arrive, I was looking around the restaurant and happened to glance at a poster which was hanging on a wall not close to where I was seated.
What is Wrong With This Outback Steakhouse Poster?
Something about the poster immediately caught my eye; so I walked over to it to take a photograph of it for the specific purpose of wondering whether you would spot what I spotted.
My Dining Experience in the Real Outback
Now for something travel related: when I was in Australia years ago, no one there had ever heard of Outback Steakhouse because the company had no restaurants located there — but that has apparently since changed.
One of my most memorable moments while I was in Australia was when I actually dined out in the real Outback in the centre of the country — or continent — during an experience called the Sounds of Silence, with the sun setting behind Uluru and Kata Tjuṯa in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the distance. A bus transports participants from Ayers Rock Resort out into what is known as the Red Centre to several tables with white linen tablecloths, china, glassware, silverware and jars of lit candles were set up — along with a buffet table which included such choices as kangaroo, crocodile, barramundi, quandong, emu sausage, with spectacular views of what used to be known as Ayer’s Rock and Kata Tjuṯa. One of the courses was a pumpkin soup; and chicken was available for diners who were less adventurous.
Prior to the meal — which is known as the “bush tucker” experience — a woman indigenous to Australia who dressed in full traditional costume and make-up spoke about the customs of her people and demonstrated on how to play a digeridoo, which Aboriginal peoples have played for at least 1,500 years.
Each table had eight seats; so you get to dine with other people from around the world. I remember an older couple from Belgium was seated at my table; and they were celebrating a milestone wedding anniversary. I usually do not like dining with people whom I do not know; but this experience was quite different. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
After dinner — and yes, I dined on everything, even though I do not like pumpkin — a “resident star talker” used a powerful hand-held spotlight to point out many of the constellations of the southern sky, which cannot be seen in the northern hemisphere. The Southern Cross and other constellations of stars in the night sky seemed so close that you could almost reach up and grab them.
The Sounds of Silence experience is still offered to this day for $210.00 per person — which is almost $148.00 in United States dollars — and the experience is well worth the price. The A Night at Field of Light experience did not yet exist during my visit, to which you can upgrade. Nevertheless, I have never forgotten those four memorable and magical hours — and neither will you once you experience it.
That experience was only one of many things which contributed to my first visit to Australia, which is still one of the best trips I have ever taken to this day. I have to find my photographs of that experience and post them in a future article.
Summary
It is time to have some fun at the expense of a major corporation: can you find what is wrong with this Outback Steakhouse poster?
I cannot wait to read your correct answers — as well as your creative responses…
Photograph ©2019 by Brian Cohen.
