In 1988, Outback Steakhouse® was founded in Tampa, Florida by four friends who were all veterans of the hospitality industry and had the dream of opening their own restaurant. They wanted a place with a casual atmosphere and a strong focus on quality food and service.

Chris Sullivan, Robert Basham, Tim Gannon, and Trudy Cooper, all sterling veterans of the hospitality industry. To ensure their haven would stand out from the pack, they chose an Australian theme to fit the relaxed but lively mood of their ideal restaurant.

Outback Steakhouse is one of the many casual steakhouse chains that has risen to popularity in America. It's best known for, of course, a menu filled with grilled steaks and the iconic Bloomin' Onion.

According to Outback, there are only two ways to cook a steak. You either season and sear it or you wood-fire grill it. But no matter what, they'll cook it to your perfect temperature - guaranteed.

The term “Outback,” or “the bush,” defines any part of Australia removed from the more-settled edges of the continent. In other words, it is “out back” from the larger cities that reside on Australia's coasts. The Outback is typified as arid or semiarid, open land, often undeveloped.

OK this is based on a true story rather than being a 'story' so to speak, but even so it's really hard to believe that the couple thought that their best course of action was to abandon their car and walk for several miles across the outback to a ridge.

With a rich crop of Aussie wildlife, the Northern Territory offers plenty off road, outback experience, which you can easily explore for yourself with a 4WD drive vehicle. Spot enormous crocs, uncover Aboriginal rock art or be awed by the sunrise over Uluru.

The Outback is a huge, diverse region which covers most of Australia - anywhere outside of densely populated coastal areas is considered to be part. It is made up of 10 deserts, but also sub- tropical savanna, as well as the largest temperate woodland on Earth.

Outback, in Australia, any inland area remote from large centres of population. Generally, the term is applied to semiarid inland areas of eastern Australia and to the arid centre of the Western Plateau and its semiarid northern plains (in Western Australia) where bodies of water are scattered and frequently dry.

Australia's 5 most famous Outback icons

• Uluru.
• Kata Tjuta: The Olgas.
• Purnululu: Bungle Bungle Range.
• Watarrka: Kings Canyon.

We take aging of our steaks very seriously. Each cut is aged until it reaches optimal tenderness. The aging process helps unlock the natural juices and flavor of the steak. Its muscle fibers are gently broken down and that's how it gets the flavor you love.

Leave it at room temperature until cooking. Brush each side with 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil. Place the steaks on a hot grill and sear for 4-6 minutes, rotating 90° once to create criss-cross grill marks. For a rare or medium finish, turn the steak over and finish cooking to the right temperature.