Phrases & SayingsWork, bush and rural life
Barcoo salute
A wave of the hand across the face to brush away flies.
In a sentence
At sunset everyone on the veranda was doing the Barcoo salute.
Where it came from
The mock salute is the repeated hand movement used to brush bush flies from the face. Barcoo evokes remote western Queensland and, more broadly, outback conditions.
- Where used
- Outback Australia
- Use today
- Remembered bush expression