This reminds me of a story I heard the head of Rolls Royce PR tell eons ago. Apparently some Australian couple bought a Phantom, rigged it up with a bunch of extra gas cans, and fully sent it all the way across the Outback just for fun.
Seeing the scale of the Outback makes that story a lot more impressive.
lithomangcc on
I thought it was larger
Everard5 on
This is why Perth makes no sense to me as a person from the US. Perth is like if the US were only populated on the East Coast and then Los Angeles was out there doing its own thing.
kraghis on
You live in Australia and better understand its size having compared it to the US?
IamTheEagle on
I’m from the US and have traveled the whole country, when I saw how big Australia was compared to the US the first, it blew my mind too. Really puts Russia into perspective as well.
Reginon on
Need a banana for scale
why_though14 on
The reason you thought that is because of how uninhabitable most of it is.
lizzy_tachibana on
Friendly reminder that Australia and New Zealand combined are smaller than Brazil by both area and population
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sadsaddiedie on
I’m from Australia and just wondered why they thought Texas was so big
nezeta on
Tasmania is way far from the mainland. And it explains why it has such a unique ecosystem.
Droseph31 on
Upside down, it’s an altered version of the US it seems like
tessharagai_ on
Australia *is* a continent after all
nugeythefloozey on
I mean, the journey Nemo took was at least from DC to Miami, and could have been twice as long depending on which part of the Great Barrier Reef he lived on
outthere49 on
Australia is a bit smaller than I was expecting, so interesting overlay.
No-Archer-5034 on
I live in the US. I thought Australia was bigger than this.
saladtossing on
>Fuck Mercator projection
>All my homies hate Mercator projection
MonkeyClimax on
So I’m from America but I lived in Australia for about 12 years and I got my citizenship there. I used to have family from the US wanting to come to Australia for a visit and literally every time when I asked for how long and what they want to do. They always said “I want to see Sydney and Melbourne and Uluru…and I want to dive in the Great Barrier Reef and I got this awesome wine from McLarenvale so I want to visit there too…oh and speaking of wines I want to go to Hunter valley too.”
Okay so you want to spend 6 months here…SMH
therwsb on
it is why people always laugh at comments about the size of Texas and driving through it and mention Western Australia.
Chris_Christ on
Honestly smaller than I thought
Old_Gimlet_Eye on
Now compare the diameter of the moon.
bad_timing_bro on
And about 75% of it is uninhabitable
Not_a_Prof_Moriarty on
Isn’t most of the population density pretty confined to the edges of Australia? I’m from Wisconsin and have only watched documentaries, but isn’t most of the middle pretty barren?
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Hmm interesting…in that case the longest drive I’ve ever done is equivalent of Brisbane to Perth in a straight line. That wouldn’t be a realistic drive in Australia because of how gnarly the center of the continent is right?
hunnymunster on
Had someone from Texas trying to tell me how big the state was, as a queenslander I replied that Texas is cute compared to qld, their face when they checked was amazing, it was like seeing their whole world view fall apart
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Bigfoots live in the middle part.
This reminds me of a story I heard the head of Rolls Royce PR tell eons ago. Apparently some Australian couple bought a Phantom, rigged it up with a bunch of extra gas cans, and fully sent it all the way across the Outback just for fun.
Seeing the scale of the Outback makes that story a lot more impressive.
I thought it was larger
This is why Perth makes no sense to me as a person from the US. Perth is like if the US were only populated on the East Coast and then Los Angeles was out there doing its own thing.
You live in Australia and better understand its size having compared it to the US?
I’m from the US and have traveled the whole country, when I saw how big Australia was compared to the US the first, it blew my mind too. Really puts Russia into perspective as well.
Need a banana for scale
The reason you thought that is because of how uninhabitable most of it is.
Friendly reminder that Australia and New Zealand combined are smaller than Brazil by both area and population
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I’m from Australia and just wondered why they thought Texas was so big
Tasmania is way far from the mainland. And it explains why it has such a unique ecosystem.
Upside down, it’s an altered version of the US it seems like
Australia *is* a continent after all
I mean, the journey Nemo took was at least from DC to Miami, and could have been twice as long depending on which part of the Great Barrier Reef he lived on
Australia is a bit smaller than I was expecting, so interesting overlay.
I live in the US. I thought Australia was bigger than this.
>Fuck Mercator projection
>All my homies hate Mercator projection
So I’m from America but I lived in Australia for about 12 years and I got my citizenship there. I used to have family from the US wanting to come to Australia for a visit and literally every time when I asked for how long and what they want to do. They always said “I want to see Sydney and Melbourne and Uluru…and I want to dive in the Great Barrier Reef and I got this awesome wine from McLarenvale so I want to visit there too…oh and speaking of wines I want to go to Hunter valley too.”
Okay so you want to spend 6 months here…SMH
it is why people always laugh at comments about the size of Texas and driving through it and mention Western Australia.
Honestly smaller than I thought
Now compare the diameter of the moon.
And about 75% of it is uninhabitable
Isn’t most of the population density pretty confined to the edges of Australia? I’m from Wisconsin and have only watched documentaries, but isn’t most of the middle pretty barren?
Hmm interesting…in that case the longest drive I’ve ever done is equivalent of Brisbane to Perth in a straight line. That wouldn’t be a realistic drive in Australia because of how gnarly the center of the continent is right?
Had someone from Texas trying to tell me how big the state was, as a queenslander I replied that Texas is cute compared to qld, their face when they checked was amazing, it was like seeing their whole world view fall apart
NSW is bigger than Texas
But it’s mostly Death Valley.
That’s not Australia it says United States!