walkabout

See also: walk about

English edit

Deverbal from walk about; the Australian aboriginal word wokabat is also derived therefrom.

walkabout (plural walkabouts)

(Australian aboriginal) A nomadic excursion into the bush, especially one taken by young teenage boys in certain ancient-custom honoring tribes.
A walking trip.
(British) A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally.
- September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:
  While the world altered dramatically during the course of her reign, the monarchy did too, though rather more imperceptibly: the walkabouts that increasingly characterised royal appearances, the pop concerts at Buckingham Palace, the throwing open of the royal palaces to visitors – even the paying of income tax, and royal podcasts – would have been inconceivable as innovations at the time Elizabeth came to the throne.
An absence, usually from a regular place with a possibility of a return.

public stroll