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# Outback
A game for Minetest 0.4.14. Work in progress.
Created by vlapsley.
![Screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vlapsley/australia/master/screenshot.png)
![Screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vlapsley/outback/master/screenshot.png)
[Discussion on Minetest Forums](https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=14412)
@ -11,379 +10,28 @@ The inspiration for this game is my home country, Australia.
I've tried to bring the landscape and flora into the game of Minetest.
Enjoy and think of visiting Australia next time you travel abroad.
### Biomes
#### Underground
Stone. Australia is rich in resources. Just keep digging!
#### Mangroves
The mangroves of Queensland and Northern Territory. Watch out for crocodiles!
#### Tasman Sea
Beautiful sandy beaches. You will find lots of Brown and Giant Kelp.
#### Great Australian Bight
Sandstone cliffs and wild ocean. The Great White Shark owns these waters.
#### Indian Ocean
Sandy beaches and dolphins.
#### Great Barrier Reef
The worlds largest coral reef off the coast of Queensland.
#### Timor Sea
White sand beaches and palm trees.
#### Jarrah-Karri Forest
The south-west corner of Western Australia. Forests of Jarrah, Karri and Marri.
#### Eastern Coasts
Amazing beaches, the dazzling Illawarra Flame Tree in your garden, and a monstrous Moreton Bay Fig
to pick fruit from. The east coast of Australia is the perfect place to build your holiday house.
#### Goldfields-Esperence
Hot, dry and lots of nothing in the center and south of Western Australia. Except gold. Lots of
gold.
#### Top End
Tropical wetlands and sub-tropical savannah in the Northern Territory.
#### Far North Queensland
You'll find the tropical Daintree rainforest near the coastline and eucalypt forests inland along
the Cape York Peninsula.
#### Pilbara
One of the hottest parts of Australia is the north-west of Western Australia. The rocky, gravel
surface is red due to the amount of hematite in the ground. You'll find lots of iron ore here.
Don't forget to bring plenty of water.
#### Tasmania
The island of Tasmania is the most mountainous state in Australia. Much of Tasmania is densely
forested. The Tarkine, located in island's far North West, is the largest temperate rainforest area
in Australia. In the south you'll find the tallest flowering tree in the world, Eucalyptus Regnans,
the Swamp Gum.
#### Victorian Forests
The cool mountains and southern, central and north-eastern Victoria are dominated by wet eucalypt
forests. Blue Gum, White Box and Swamp Gum will all tower over you.
#### Flinders-Lofty
The Flinders-Lofty bioregion in South Australia has a general pattern of mountain ranges, ridges
and wide, flat plains. Some of Australia's best wines come from this region.
#### Murray-Darling Basin
The Murray–Darling basin is a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia.
Its name is derived from its two major rivers, the Murray River and the Darling River. River Red
Gum are known to drop large branches, so watch your head when resting in their shade.
#### Mulga Lands
The Mulga Lands are a bioregion of eastern Australia consisting of dry sandy plains scattered with
mulga trees.
#### Central Australia
Central Australia, the 'Red Centre', is the place where you will find the most famous monolith,
Uluru and it is where the heart of the outback beats.
#### Simpson Desert
The area is extremely hot and dry. Famous for it's red sand dunes.
#### Australian Alps
The highest parts of the Great Dividing Range.
### New nodes
#### Plants
Descriptions from or adapted from Wikipedia [CC-by-SA 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
[Sorghum intrans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghum): **Spear Grass** -
is an annual grass that dominates the understorey of the savanna woodlands in the wet-dry tropics of north-west Australia.
[Anigozanthos flavidus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anigozanthos_flavidus): **Kangaroo Paw** -
is a species of plant found in Southwest Australia. It is an evergreen clump of strap-like leaves, up to 1 metre long and 0.2 m wide, growing from an underground rhizome around 0.5 m in diameter. The rhizome allows the species to regenerate after drought or fire.
[Grevillea lavandulacea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grevillea_lavandulacea): **Lavender Grevillea** -
is endemic to south-eastern South Australia. This is a low-growing shrub, growing to between 0.2–1.5 metres (0.7–4.9 ft) in height.
[Coelandria smillieae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelandria_smillieae): **Bottlebrush Orchid** -
grows as an epiphyte on a range of trees - usually in low-lying areas, swamps and rainforest, and to moderate heights on the ranges. It also grows as a lithophyte on rocky outcrops and rock faces. The spectacular pink and cream flowers with green tips are 20–25 mm long and are found at the end of erect canes.
[Swainsona formosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swainsona_formosa): **Sturt's Desert Pea** -
is famous for its distinctive blood-red leaf-like flowers, each with a bulbous black centre, or "boss". It is one of Australia's best known wildflowers. It is native to the arid regions of central and north-western Australia.
[Solanum chippendalei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_chippendalei): **Bush Tomato** -
is a small fruiting shrub, native to northern Australia. The fruits, known as "bush tomatoes", are edible and are harvested in the wild.
[Ptilotus exaltatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptilotus_exaltatus): **Pink Mulla Mulla** -
is one of the largest mulla mullas. There is a basal rosette of spathulate-oblanceolate smooth leaves up to 10 cm long, the stem leaves being shorter. The flower spikes are up to 10 cm long and 4 cm across with loosely hairy flowers. The species is widespread from the North-West coast of Australia east into the Northern Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and south-east to the eastern agricultural districts, Norseman and into South Australia.
[Telopea speciosissima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telopea_speciosissima): **Waratah** -
is a shrub to 3 or 4 m (9.8 or 13.1 ft) high and 2 m (6.6 ft) wide, with dark green leaves. It is endemic to New South Wales in Australia and is the floral emblem of that state. The species is well renowned for its striking large red springtime inflorescences (flowerheads), each including hundreds of individual flowers.
[Atriplex nummularia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atriplex_nummularia): **Old Man Saltbush** -
is a grayish-white shrub growing to heights between 1.5 and 3 meters. It is native to Australia, occurring in Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. Meat from sheep which have grazed on saltbush has surprisingly high levels of vitamin E, is leaner and more hydrated than regular lamb and has consumer appeal equal to grain-fed lamb. The vitamin E levels could have animal health benefits while extending the shelf-life and maintaining the fresh red colour of saltbush lamb.
[Banksia dallanneyi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia_dallanneyi): **Couch Honeypot** -
is a prostrate shrub endemic to Western Australia. It grows to a height and width of up to 0.5 m, although it is very common for many plants to be growing side by side; thus the clump may be several metres across.
[Crinum flaccidum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crinum_flaccidum): **Darling Lily** -
is a species of the family Amaryllidae native to inland Australia. Grows on sandy floodways of inland rivers.
[Olearia pannosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olearia): **Silver Daisy** -
is a perennial shrub growing to a height of 1.5m. It flowers mostly between August and October. Flower heads are white or rarely pale mauve, with a yellow centre. The leaves are an oval shape, twice as long as they are wide.
[Nypa fruticans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nypa_fruticans): **Nipa Palm** -
is a species of palm native to the coastlines and estuarine habitats of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the only palm considered adapted to the mangrove biome. The nipa palm's trunk grows beneath the ground and only the leaves and flower stalk grow upwards above the surface. Thus, it is an unusual palm tree, and the leaves can extend up to 9 m (30 ft) in height.
[Acrostichum speciosum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrostichum_speciosum): **Mangrove Fern** -
is a widespread plant found in Asia, Malesia and Australia. A clumping plant to 1.5 metres tall with reddish/brown fertile fronds and pointed leaf tips. It is found as far south as New South Wales. It may be seen on coastal cliffs, but is usually seen in tidal flats, brackish swamps and with mangroves.
[Crinum pedunculatum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crinum_pedunculatum): **Mangrove Lily** -
is a bulbous perennial found in stream and tidal areas of the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.
#### Trees
Descriptions from or adapted from Wikipedia [CC-by-SA 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
[Callitris intratropica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callitris_columellaris): **Arnhem Cypress Pine** -
is a species of coniferous tree in the cypress family, native to Northern Australia. It grows to 30m and the cones are globose, 1-2 cm diameter, with six triangular scales, which open at maturity to release the seeds.
[Eucalyptus largiflorens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_largiflorens): **Black Box** -
is a species of Eucalyptus which is endemic to Australia. It is a tree grows up to 20 metres in height. and has persistent, fibrous or flaky bark which is a grey to grey-black colour. Alternative common names for the species include flooded gum, flooded box and river box.
[Acacia melanoxylon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_melanoxylon): **Black Wattle** -
commonly known as the Australian blackwood, is an Acacia species native in eastern Australia. The species is also known as Sally wattle, lightwood, hickory, mudgerabah, Tasmanian blackwood, black wattle or blackwood acacia.
[Eucalyptus globulus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_globulus): **Blue Gum** -
is an evergreen tree, one of the most widely cultivated trees native to Australia. They typically grow from 30–55 m (98–180 ft) tall. Also know as Tasmanian bluegum or southern blue-gum.
[Adansonia gregorii](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia_gregorii): **Boab Tree** -
it is easily recognised by the swollen base of its trunk, which forms a massive caudex, giving the tree a bottle-like appearance. Endemic to Australia, boab occurs in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and east into the Northern Territory. It is the only baobab to occur in Australia, the others being native to Madagascarand mainland Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Boab ranges from 5 to 15 meters in height, usually between 9 and 12 metres, with a broad bottle-shaped trunk.
[Banksia grandis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia_grandis): **Bull Banksia** -
is a common and distinctive tree in South West Western Australia. Bull Banksia usually grows as a tree between 5 and 10 metres high. The large cylindrical flower spikes, which can reach up to 35 cm high, are yellow, with a cream style.
[Phyllocladus aspleniifolius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllocladus_aspleniifolius): **Celery-top Pine** -
is an endemic gymnosperm of Tasmania, Australia. It is found in rainforest as a dominant, in eucalypt forest as an understorey species, and occurs occasionally as a shrub in alpine vegetation. It is confined to areas of high rainfall and low fire frequency. It is a medium-sized evergreen coniferous tree, growing to 20 m tall. The wood of this species is highly prized.
[Exocarpos cupressiformis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocarpos_cupressiformis): **Australian Cherry** -
belongs to the sandalwood family of plants. It is a species endemic to Australia. It is a large shrub or small tree, 3 to 8 m (9.8 to 26.2 ft) tall, often pyramidal in shape. The fleshy pedicel, the "cherry", is edible and so was used as food by indigenous Australians and by early European settlers. The "fruit" is picked when it is so ripe it is ready to fall from the tree. It may be eaten raw, or cooked.
[Banksia integrifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia_integrifolia): **Coast Banksia** -
is a species of tree that grows along the east coast of Australia. One of the most widely distributed Banksia species, it occurs between Victoria and Central Queensland in a broad range of habitats, from coastal dunes to mountains. It is highly variable in form, but is most often encountered as a tree up to 25 metres (82 ft) in height. Its leaves have dark green upper surfaces and white undersides, a contrast that can be striking on windy days. Flowers occur in Banksia's characteristic "flower spike", an inflorescence made up of several hundred flowers densely packed in a spiral around a woody axis.
[Eucalyptus coolabah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_coolabah): **Coolabah Tree** -
is a wide-spreading tree (often more wide than tall) found throughout Australia from arid inland to coastal regions and reaches up to 15 m in height. The bark is box-like (persistent, dark grey, thick, furrowed) on the trunk and lower branches, but smooth pale grey up the top.
[Eucalyptus pellita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_pellita): **Daintree Stringybark** -
is a tree species that is endemic to north-eastern Queensland in Australia. Common names include, red maghogany, large-fruited red mahogany, Daintree stringybark and red stringybark.
[Eucalyptus miniata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_miniata): **Darwin Woollybutt** -
is a eucalypt which is native to Australia's Top End, found from Cape York in north Queensland across through to the Northern Territory into the Kimberley Region of northern Western Australia. It is a medium-sized tree which can reach 15–25 m in height. The bark is soft and fissured, grey to red in colour.
[Allocasuarina decaisneana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allocasuarina_decaisneana): **Desert Oak** -
is an attractive, medium-sized, slow-growing tree found in the dry desert regions of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. Young trees have a narrow trunk and grey/green feathery foliage.
[Licuala ramsayi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licuala_ramsayi): **Australian Fan Palm** -
is a distinctive palm with a single trunk to 15m height and large pleated leaves forming circles up to 2m in diameter.
[Grevillea excelsior](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grevillea_excelsior): **Flame Grevillea** -
is a small tree which is endemic to Western Australia. It usually grows to a height of between 2 and 8 metres and produces yellow or orange flowers between July and January (mid winter to mid summer) in its native range.
[Acacia pycnantha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_pycnantha): **Golden Wattle** -
is a tree native to southeastern Australia. It grows to a height of 8 m (26 ft) and has phyllodes (Sickle-shaped, flattened leaf stalks) instead of true leaves. The profuse fragrant, golden flowers appear in late winter and spring. The Golden Wattle was made the official floral emblem of Australia in 1988.
[Avicennia marina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicennia_marina): **Grey Mangrove** -
grow as a shrub or tree to a height of three to ten metres, or up to 14 metres in tropical regions. It has aerial roots (pneumatophores); these grow to a height of about 20 centimetres, and a diameter of one centimetre. These allow the plant to absorb oxygen, which is deficient in its habitat.
[Lagarostrobos franklinii](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagarostrobos): **Huon Pine** -
is a species of conifer native to the wet southwestern corner of Tasmania, although it is actually a podocarp (Podocarpaceae), not a true pine. The wood is highly prized for its golden yellow colour, fine grain, and natural oils that resist rotting. The chemical giving the timber its unique smell and preservative qualities is methyl eugenol. It is a slow-growing, but long-lived tree; some living specimens of this tree are in excess of 2000 years old. It grows to 10 to 20 m tall.
[Brachychiton acerifolius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachychiton_acerifolius): **Illawarra Flame Tree** -
is a large tree native to subtropical regions on the east coast of Australia. It is famous for the bright red bell-shaped flowers that often cover the whole tree when it is leafless.
[Eucalyptus marginata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_marginata): **Jarrah** -
is one of the most common species of Eucalyptus tree and is native to the southwest of Western Australia. The tree and the wood are usually referred to by the Aboriginal name jarrah.
[Eucalyptus diversicolor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_diversicolor): **Karri** -
is a eucalypt native to the wetter regions of southwestern Western Australia. The tree grows to over 80 metres making it one of the tallest trees in the world.
[Eucalyptus citriodora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corymbia_citriodora): **Lemon Eucalyptus** -
is a tall tree, growing to 35 metres in height, from temperate and tropical north eastern Australia. It has smooth, pale, uniform or slightly mottled bark, white to coppery in summer, and a conspicuously narrow-leaved crown which smells strongly of lemons.
[Backhousia citriodora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backhousia_citriodora): **Lemon Myrtle** -
it is endemic to subtropical rainforests of central and south-eastern Queensland. It's name reflects the strong lemon smell of the crushed leaves.
[Syzygium smithii](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygium_smithii): **Lilly Pilly** -
is a summer-flowering, winter-fruiting evergreen tree. It is planted as shrubs or hedgerows, and features: rough, woody bark; cream and green smooth, waxy leaves; flushes of pink new growth; and white to maroon edible berries. It will grow about 3–5 m (9.8–16.4 ft) tall.
[Macadamia integrifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macadamia_integrifolia): **Macadamia** -
is a tree native to Queensland in Australia. Common names include macadamia nut, bauple nut, Queensland nut or nut oak. This species is a small tree; its leaves are simple with toothed margins and are 7 to 15 cm in length. The flowers are white or pinkish followed by woody, rounded fruits which are 2 to 3.5 cm in diameter, the "Macadamia Nut".
[Sonneratia caseolaris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonneratia_caseolaris): **Mangrove Apple** -
is a species of plant in the Lythraceae family. The fruit is noted for its outward similarity to the persimmon fruit. This tree is a type of mangrove growing up to 20 m in height. It is present in tropical tidal mud flats in Northeast Australia.
[Corymbia calophylla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corymbia_calophylla): **Marri** -
is a bloodwood native to Western Australia. It is distinctive among bloodwoods for its very large buds.
[Intsia bijuga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intsia_bijuga): **Merbau** -
is a species of flowering tree found in Queensland. It grows to around 50 metres (160 feet) tall with a highly buttressed trunk. It inhabits mangrove forests. The tree's timber is a very durable and termite-resistant wood, making it a highly valued material.
[Ficus macrophylla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_macrophylla): **Moreton Bay Fig** -
is a large evergreen banyan tree that is a native of most of the eastern coast of Australia. It is best known for its beautiful buttress roots.
[Acacia aneura](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_aneura): **Mulga Tree** -
is a shrub or small tree native to arid outback areas of Australia. Mulga trees are highly variable, in form, in height, and in shape of phyllodes and seed pods. Most commonly, it is a tall shrub.
[Melaleuca quinquenervia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaleuca_quinquenervia): **Paper Bark** -
is a small- to medium-sized tree found in coastal eastern Australia in New South Wales northwards, into Queensland and the Northern Territory. The broad-leaved paperbark grows as a spreading tree up to 20 m high, with the trunk covered by a white, beige and grey thick papery bark. The grey-green leaves are ovate and the cream or white bottlebrush-like flowers appear from late spring to autumn.
[Santalum acuminatum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santalum_acuminatum): **Desert Quandong** -
is widely dispersed throughout the central deserts and southern areas of Australia. The species, especially its fruit, is also referred to as quandong or native peach. The use of the fruit as an exotic flavouring, one of the best known bushfoods, has led to the attempted domestication of the species.
[Melaleuca citrina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaleuca_citrina): **Red Bottlebrush** -
is endemic to New South Wales and Victoria. It is a hardy and adaptable species, common in its natural habitat. Its showy red flower spikes, present over most of the year in an ideal situation, account for its popularity.
[Casuarina cunninghamiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casuarina_cunninghamiana): **River Oak** -
is an attractive evergreen tree with fine greyish green needle-like foliage that grows to a height of 10–35 m. Trees are usually found in sunny locations along stream banks and swampy areas.[1] It's widely recognised as an important tree for stabilising riverbanks and for soil erosion prevention.
[Eucalyptus camaldulensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_camaldulensis): **River Red Gum** -
it has the most widespread natural distribution of Eucalyptus in Australia, especially beside inland water courses. The tree can grow to 45 metres (148 ft) tall; it has smooth bark, ranging in colour from white and grey to red-brown, which is shed in long ribbons. River reds and many other eucalypts have an ominous nickname, "widow maker", as they have a habit of dropping large boughs (often half the diameter of the trunk) without warning.
[Callitris preissii](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callitris_preissii): **Rottnest Island Pine** -
is a species of conifer found only in Australia. Usually found on coastal and inland sand dunes, sandy floodplains and low ridges.
[Eucalyptus haemastoma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_haemastoma): **Scribbly Gum** -
is a eucalypt that is named after the 'scribbles' on its bark. These zigzag tracks are tunnels made by the larvae of the scribbly gum moth. Distribution is restricted to the coastal plains and hills in the Sydney Region.
[Acacia stenophylla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_stenophylla): **Shoestring Acacia** -
is a fast-growing tree, that grows to 4–10 metres (13–33 ft) tall. The form is upright with decumbent or weeping branches and foliage. The leaves are gray to gray-green, narrow and long.
[Eucalyptus pauciflora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_pauciflora): **Snow Gum** -
is a small tree or large shrub growing 4–8 m (13–26 ft) tall, occasionally reaching 20 m (66 ft), and native to subalpine and lowland habitats in eastern Australia. It is amongst the hardiest of all eucalyptus species, surviving the severe winter temperatures of the Australian Alps.
[Dicksonia antarctica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicksonia_antarctica): **Soft Tree Fern** -
is a species of evergreen tree fern native to eastern Australia, ranging from south-east Queensland, coastal New South Wales and Victoria to Tasmania. These ferns can grow to 15 m (49 ft) in height, but more typically grow to about 4.5–5 m (15–16 ft), and consist of an erect rhizome forming a trunk. The fern grows on damp, sheltered woodland slopes and moist gullies, and they occasionally occur at high altitudes in cloud forests. Dicksonia antarctica is the most abundant tree fern in South Eastern Australia.
[Atherosperma moschatum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherosperma): **Southern Sassafras** -
is an evergreen tree native to the cool temperate rainforests of Tasmania and Victoria. The southern sassafras is a small to medium-sized tree, growing around 6 to 25 m tall. However, in Tasmania, it can reach heights exceeding 40 m and a width of 1 m. It can be identified by the conical shape, the pale green leaves, and fragrant scent. The timber is in demand for panelling, turnery, musical instruments, and other specialty work, (carvings, dishes, and boxes for tourists). The staining of the black heartwood is caused by fungus, and makes the timber markings particularly attractive.
[Rhizophora stylosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizophora_stylosa): **Stilted Mangrove** -
grows up to 15 metres (50 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 25 centimetres (10 in). Its habitat is sandy beaches and coral terraces on seashores.
[Eucalyptus cladocalyx](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_cladocalyx): **Sugar Gum** -
is a tree notable for its mottled colourful yellow to orange bark, strongly discolourous leaves and inflorescences grouped on leafless branchlets inside the tree crown. Sugar Gums from the Flinders Ranges reach up to 35m in height and have the classic "gum" habit - with a straight trunk and steep branches occurring about halfway up.
[Corymbia ptychocarpa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corymbia_ptychocarpa): **Swamp Bloodwood** -
is a species of eucalypt native to northwestern Australia. It has extensive rough brownish fibrous to tessellated bark, a green crown of smooth petiolate discolorous adult leaves, scurfy buds and large cylindrical to barrel-shaped fruit. Flower colour may be red or shades of pink.
[Eucalyptus regnans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_regnans): **Swamp Gum** -
known variously as mountain ash, swamp gum, or stringy gum, is a species of Eucalyptus native to Tasmania and Victoria in southeastern Australia and the tallest flowering plant and one of the tallest trees in the world, second to the coast redwood. A straight-trunked tree with smooth grey bark and a stocking of rough brown bark to 5–20 metres (16–66 ft) above the ground, it regularly grows to 85 metres (279 ft). Also known in the timber industry as Tasmanian oak and has been harvested in very large quantities.
[Melaleuca rhaphiophylla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaleuca_rhaphiophylla): **Swamp Paperbark** -
is a large shrub or small tree, growing to 10 m (30 ft) tall and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It has narrow, needle-like leaves and profuse spikes of white or yellowish flowers at variable times throughout the year.
[Lophozonia cunninghamii](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lophozonia_cunninghamii): **Tasmanian Myrtle** -
is an evergreen tree growing to 30–40 m (98–131 ft) tall with large trunks and is native to Tasmania and Victoria. It grows mainly in the temperate rainforests, but also grows in alpine areas. It is not related to the Myrtle family. It is often referred to as Tasmanian Myrtle within the timber industry.
[Melaleuca alternifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaleuca_alternifolia): **Tea Tree** -
is a small tree to about 7 m (20 ft) with a bushy crown and whitish, papery bark. Leaves are linear, smooth and soft. They are also rich in oil with the glands prominent. The indigenous Bundjalung people of eastern Australia use "tea trees" as a traditional medicine .
[Eucalyptus albens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_albens): **White Box** -
is a common eucalyptus tree of the western slopes and plains of New South Wales and adjacent areas in Queensland and Victoria. Reaching 15–25 metres (49–82 ft) high, the white box has a branched spreading crown with a straight trunk for around half its total height. It has fibrous pale grey bark.
[Acacia coriacea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_coriacea): **Wirewood** -
occurs throughout northern Australia, growing as a tall tree on the banks of rivers. It can also occur as a spreading, low tree behind coastal dunes and on 'spinifex' plains.
#### Wood
**Eucalyptus** - Eucalypts have many uses which have made them important. Because of their fast growth, the main benefit of these trees is the wood. They provide many uses, such as planting in parks and gardens, timber, firewood and pulpwood. Fast growth also makes eucalypts suitable as windbreaks.
**Blackwood** - Blackwood is also known as Black Wattle, it is an Acacia species native to eastern Australia. Blackwood grows over a wide range of climatic conditions from Queensland down to Tasmania, however it is more prominent in the cooler states of Victoria and Tasmania. The timber is used extensively for furniture, cabinet making and even musical instruments. The colour can vary greatly from a light honey through to dark rich browns and reds.
**Blue Gum** - Southern blue gum is a widely forested Australian hardwood species. Its timber products are readily available and suitable for flooring, furniture and a range of general construction applications.
**Celery-top Pine** - Celery-top pine is an attractive, durable and easily worked softwood, pale when cut and then darker with age, used in boat building, joinery and turnery, and interiors.
**Red Mahogany** - Red mahogany is an Australian hardwood with a fine grain and stunning red colouring used for engineering applications, construction, furniture and turnery.
**Huon Pine** - Huon Pine is an ancient native conifer and is endemic to Tasmania growing in the western and south western areas of the state. The wood is rich honey yellow in colour and has extremely fine growth rings. The timber is extremely durable due to a natural oil called "Eugenal Oil" it produces which preserves the timber slowing decay, deterring insects and making it almost impervious to water.
**Jarrah** - Jarrah is an Australian hardwood renowned for its versatility, durability and strength in a wide range of interior and exterior applications.
**Karri** - Karri is a slow-growing, durable Australian hardwood that produces an interlocked grain and ranges from creamy to red-brown in colour.
**Marri** - Marri is a distinctive bloodwood native to Western Australia used mainly for fine furniture crafting and flooring.
**Merbau** - Merbau is a popular hardwood used in a wide range of applications; from construction to indoor and outdoor furniture.
**Red Gum** - River Red Gum or simply Red Gum is a native Australian forest tree, it grows extensively beside inland water sources, it also grows well in open areas and farm land relatively close to water. The timber is red in colour varying from a light pink red through to a rich dark red depending on it’s age, weather it has been burnt and how long it has been dead as a log on the ground.
**Southern Sassafras** - Southern Sassafras is an understorey evergreen tree, it grows extremely well in the cool temperate rainforests of Tasmania. The "blackheart", an unusual viral fungus which usually affects the tree after storm damage, causes streaks through the heartwood, ranging from light brown through to purple, green and black.
**Tasmanian Oak** - Tasmanian oak is a premium Australian hardwood timber encompassing three species that grow in the mountainous areas of Tasmania, Victoria and south east NSW. It is a versatile timber perfect for both construction and interior applications, including flooring, paneling, architraves and skirting boards.
**Tasmanian Myrtle** - Tasmanian Myrtle does not resemble and is not related to European Myrtle, it became known as "Myrtle" through common usage by the early European loggers. Tasmanian Myrtle is sought after for furniture. It sands well and gives a real luster when oiled or lacquered, it is a reddish pink wood that is well wearing.
## Features
* 21 biomes
* 49 trees and 16 plants native to Austrlia
* Sea grass, kelp, coral and shipwrecks.
* A new ore, the Opal.
## To-do list
* Check grass along rivers in all biomes.
* Add new treasures to boats.
* Create food recipes.
* Create villages mod support.
* Add some rocky beaches.
* Add terra rossa soil and grape vines in the Flinders-Lofty biome. Red/white wine.
* Palm trees on Timor Sea and Great Barrier Reef beaches.
* Add support for survival mod/game.
* Add support for a mobs mod - Great White Shark, Tiger Shark, Saltwater Crocodile, Brown Snake, Tiger Snake, Emu, Kangaroo.
* Extend farming and food.
* Add thirst (a need for water).
* Add villages mod with new "Outback" schematics.
* Add support for wine mod.
* Add support for survival-based game mods.
* Add support for a mobs mod.
## Installation
### Download
1. [Download](https://github.com/vlapsley/australia/archive/master.zip) the .zip file
1. [Download](https://github.com/vlapsley/outback/archive/master.zip) the .zip file
2. Extract the .zip archive with an archive manager (WinZip, 7-zip, gunzip...)
3. Rename the directory to *australia* and place it in the `/mods` directory of Minetest.
3. Rename the directory to *outback* and place it in the `/games` directory of Minetest.
### Download using Git
1. Open the terminal (in Linux) or the Git shell (in Windows), and set the working directory (the *mods* folder) using `cd` - for example `cd /home/vlapsley/.minetest/mods` or `cd C:\Users\vlapsley\minetest-0.4.13\mods`.
2. Clone (download) Australia: `git clone https://github.com/vlapsley/australia.git`.
3. Next time, you can automatically update Australia mod with the same `cd` command, and `git pull origin master`.
## Use
### Mapgen compatibility
The Australia mod has been designed specifically for the Valleys mapgen, currently in Minetest 0.4.14.
It will work with mapgens v5, v7, flat and fractal, but it won't be as visually appealing.
The rivers and temperature/humidity of the Valleys mapgen play a vital role in getting the feel of the Australia mod just right.
### Settings
You can enable/disable biomes by opening the *init.lua* file and changing each biome setting to `1` for enabled or `0` for disabled.
This will also disable plants, trees and more that are unique to that biome.
All biomes are enabled by default. Currently, disabling the *Underground* biome will have no effect.
## Changelog
### 0.5 (2016-06-23)
* Added plants_api from original Valleys Mapgen mod.
* Used plants_api to distribute trees along rivers to create riparian zones.
* Added waterlillies to Arnhem Land biome.
* Added more logs to some biomes.
* Fixed textures on most wood types, removed some wood types.
* Fixed some tree textures.
### 0.4 (2016-05-24)
* Added new corals and sea grass.
* Replaced coral sand with coral stone.
* Added sunken woodships and submarines with variable "loot".
* Fixed an issue with the rainforest tree schematic causing Minetest 0.4.14 to crash on startup.
### 0.3.1 (2016-04-22)
* Changed ore distribution to use minetest.register_ore function.
* Added uranium in two biomes if technic_worldgen mod is enabled.
* Added 4 new corals to the Great Barrier Reef biome.
* Added Brown and Giant Kelp to some ocean biomes.
* Changed muddy river water opacity. It's now much harder to see underwater in these rivers.
* Removed necessity to use voxel manipulator, voxel.lua file.
* Fixed noairblocks.
* Fixed a naming issue with some fern textures, credit: Napiophelios.
### 0.2 (2016-04-13)
* Added ferns.
* Fixed muddy water bucket.
### 0.1 (2016-04-11)
* 24 biomes
* 6 new stone nodes, 4 non-stone nodes
* Dirty river water
* 48 trees
* 10 plants
* 4 corals
## Credits
### Code
* Original tree code adapted from Gael-de-Sailly [GNU GPLv3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html), original source can be found at [](https://github.com/Gael-de-Sailly/valleys_mapgen) and duane-r [BSD license](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bsd_license).
* Original tree schematic creation code modified by vlapsley and orginal by duane-r [BSD license](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bsd_license).
* noairblocks.lua : Code modified from Duane Robertson's [valleys_c](https://github.com/duane-r/valleys_c) mod. Original code modified from Perttu Ahola's [noairblocks](https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=4627) mod and released as [LGPL 2.1](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.en.html).
* Sunken woodship and submarine code modified by vlapsley and original copyright (C) 2011-2012 by celeron55, Perttu Ahola <celeron55@gmail.com>, (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode) [GNU Lesser General Public License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.en.html) as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
### Sounds
* [Mangrove mud](http://www.freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/16771) copyright (C) 2006 by dobroide, [CC by 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode)
### Textures
* Moss textures by Neuromancer, [WTFPL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL).
* Fern textures by Mossmanikin, [WTFPL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL).
* Giant Kelp textures copyright (C) 2012 by celeron55, Perttu Ahola, [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode).
* All other textures by demon_boy [github](https://github.com/vlapsley), except those from default game. [CC-BY-SA-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
### Using Git
1. Open the terminal (in Linux) or the Git shell (in Windows), and set the working directory (the *mods* folder) using `cd` - for example `cd /home/vlapsley/.minetest/games` or `cd C:\Users\vlapsley\minetest-0.4.14\games`.
2. Clone (download) Outback game: `git clone https://github.com/vlapsley/outback.git`.
3. Next time, you can automatically update the Outback game with the same `cd` command, and `git pull origin master`.