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The British have been doing HO outdoors for years. What you have to remember is the plastic sleepers in HO track are not UV treated. I suspect that the area of Australia you live in sees a lot more UV from the sun than they get in UK, so depending on exactly where you lay your track you could find the sleepers discolouring and going brittle in a short time. Having said that, if you hand lay on wooden sleepers, or lay track in the shade, or have a budget for replacement every few years you will be fine. There a 2 people I know of in Christchurch, New Zealand who have laid HO outside (in the shade) and it's fine. There is also track coming out now for On30 gauge (which is actually HO gauge -16.5mm) but bigger sleeper spacing which does have UV treated sleepers. Maybe you could use that in the sun, and heavily ballast it. The other thing to consider is how those small HO flanges will cope with leaves and debris on the track, and if you area is prone to winds, which could blow lightweight HO trains off the track. But it certainly can be done, you might just have to experiment for a while. Glen.
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