walkabout

noun4

1. •
   (Australia) A period, often extended, during which an Aboriginal person left a station or settlement to travel on country, typically seasonally or for traditional cultural reasons; a journey by foot taken by an Aboriginal as a temporary withdrawal from white society.

   • The police picked him up, reared him, and he had been a tracker ever since, except for periodical walk-abouts. — 1937
2. •
   A walking trip.
3. •
   (UK) A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally.
4. •
   An absence, usually from a regular place with a possibility of a return.