Australia, a vast country.

[user 4386]

Nightjar, it is strange that the "True Size" site and the newspaper seem to understand the principal, since the newspaper uses Greenland as an example. But True Size have got it wrong (as for the figures I posted, Australia is exactly 75% the size of Europe). I cannot get True Size to work, so am not sure if it is also wrong or just the newspaper. And the area of Australia is not larger as claimed in the newspaper headline - they only had to look it up! Bizarre.

 

[nucopia]

Recently we drove Lake MAC to Mildura before Christmas .
It took us 16 hours to drive 1,106 Kms there and 13 hours to drive back..
Thankfully the borders were still open .. :lol:

 

[grubstake]

Here's the Mercator Projection world map (light blue) vs the true size world map (dark blue):

 

[Nightjar]

Nightjar, it is strange that the "True Size" site and the newspaper seem to understand the principal, since the newspaper uses Greenland as an example. But True Size have got it wrong (as for the figures I posted, Australia is exactly 75% the size of Europe). I cannot get True Size to work, so am not sure if it is also wrong or just the newspaper. And the area of Australia is not larger as claimed in the newspaper headline - they only had to look it up! Bizarre.

Size does matter, is that male or female? :lol: layful:

 

[user 4386]

Nightjar, it is strange that the "True Size" site and the newspaper seem to understand the principal, since the newspaper uses Greenland as an example. But True Size have got it wrong (as for the figures I posted, Australia is exactly 75% the size of Europe). I cannot get True Size to work, so am not sure if it is also wrong or just the newspaper. And the area of Australia is not larger as claimed in the newspaper headline - they only had to look it up! Bizarre.

Size does matter, is that male or female? :lol: layful:

No, I won't say it....

 

[user 4386]

Fatherland or Mother Country?

 

[Dihusky]

Think it's more about correcting the perception some have than the accurate figures, the Goldie to Cairns is still a bloody long drive

 

[user 4386]

Think it's more about correcting the perception some have than the accurate figures, the Goldie to Cairns is still a bloody long drive

I agree completely - Yakutsk to Magadan took two weeks for 2,000 km (of course all the bridges being washed out didn't help - my perception was that it was one helluva long way layful:

Mind you, Eucla to Halls Creek entirely in 4x4 was even longer......

 

[Евгений]

that's true.our roads in remote places are very bad.