Like telling my japanese friends from uni how big the United States is. " well land in new york, drive to see you in Louisiana , then texas, then California " Oh, hun, no. You pick 2 states, and focus on them. The us is enormous. Landing in Louisiana, cool. You could do Louisiana and a couple cities in texas in 2 weeks.
caitlin_macdonald3 months, 1 week ago
And that’s not the worst of it, in Queensland, my school did a thirteen hour bus trip (in one direction) and we weren’t even halfway through the state
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hans-heinrich.segebahn3 months, 1 week ago
As a Canadian, a 12 hour drive to visit someone is just life sometimes x.x
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lucy_greenwood3 months ago
German friends came to visit me in Melbourne many years ago now, before international calls were affordable and before email. I got a letter saying they were flying into Sydney and asked if they could stay with me in Melbourne while looking around Sydney...
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christy_cooper3 months, 1 week ago
As someone from Michigan, I'd happily drive twelve hours to see a friend.
michelle_bryan3 months, 1 week ago
A few months is even more hilarious. If you tried that, all you'd see is the steering wheel and a massive fuel bill. There are a few series of people going on Australia-wide trips, it took at least 12 months, and they certainly didn't go everywhere, that'd take a very long time... Saw one family that sold up and went away - they ended up making a DVD series - Expedition Australia is their biz if you're interested
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carmen.vigil3 months, 1 week ago
LOL! I use to be a rep and people from head office would call (Korea) and be like can you just pop to this store and look at something. Casually 10hrs away.
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thomastempest623 months ago
It works in reverse when you go to the UK. We had a campervan and looking on the road map we always expected it to take a couple of hours between towns, but it always turned out to be 10-15 minutes!
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juliapope5953 months ago
I'm Australian and planning a road trip just up and down the East Coast, maybe to Adelaide, that's going to be at least two months, maybe longer!
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bradley.page3 months ago
You could do an Adelaide to Brisbane road trip in two and a half weeks no problem
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maríacristina_deanda3 months, 1 week ago
I once heard about an American that wanted to do a weekend getaway and travel around NZ. Both big islands (not including the small one at the bottom).
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joanne.rose3 months ago
I just love it when people don’t do their research
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tammy_white3 months, 1 week ago
My dad wanted to visit me in New Zealand a couple years ago, and wanted to tour the country in a month. Even that was a bit of an ask when it came to time management.
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maytemarroquín7193 months, 1 week ago
Lol America is like this I live in the state of tennessee, the 10th largest state in the United states, and if you drove for about eight, eight and a half hours if you're driving the speed limit, you would still be in Tennessee. You'd be JUST about to get to the Carolinas
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jayeden683 months, 1 week ago
True story. As an Airman serving at RAAF, Richmond, near Sydney, Australia, in the mid 80's, I was working at, Air Movements Section. Basically the airport passenger terminal. A, USAF, C-141, Starlifter pulled in & a passenger arrived in the terminal & approached the civilian owned, Car Rental business. He rented a small sedan, I was in ear shot & heard, "So where are you off to?"...."Well, while I was in the area, I thought I'd go & see The, Ayer’s Rock!!!" Myself & others including the Car Renter managed to stop laughing & choking & laughing but it took some time, conferring with his country men, stationed at Richmond, to get him to believe the truth. That he would need a few weeks to do that, safely & take a truck load of money. I don't know how he went, I was busy that day.
natashabeasley8903 months, 1 week ago
Okay this is not so bad. I spent 16 days there and did a road trip along the East coast. Mainly just QLD, but I could as well have started in Sydney, drove up and then flown back home from there. You don't need months to cover Sydney and some interesting parts of QLD. (Not American here, German).
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dawn_horton3 months, 1 week ago
yep aussie land the disappointing disjointed fractured country !
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ianvoid393 months, 1 week ago
Here for a few months? Lady, in Southern California, a road trip around the perimiter of Australia is what we call "the morning commute".
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trinidad_apodaca2 months, 4 weeks ago
Yeah, in 2024 it took my husband and I, 15 hours to drive from Mackay to Warwick with our kids......we were literally still in QLD, just went from one end to the other. The country is so much bigger than people realise. And sadly many tourists don't believe us when we say how big it is until they try to accomplish something they think will be a short trip.
Sounds like America 😂
Like telling my japanese friends from uni how big the United States is. " well land in new york, drive to see you in Louisiana , then texas, then California " Oh, hun, no. You pick 2 states, and focus on them. The us is enormous. Landing in Louisiana, cool. You could do Louisiana and a couple cities in texas in 2 weeks.
And that’s not the worst of it, in Queensland, my school did a thirteen hour bus trip (in one direction) and we weren’t even halfway through the state
As a Canadian, a 12 hour drive to visit someone is just life sometimes x.x
German friends came to visit me in Melbourne many years ago now, before international calls were affordable and before email. I got a letter saying they were flying into Sydney and asked if they could stay with me in Melbourne while looking around Sydney...
As someone from Michigan, I'd happily drive twelve hours to see a friend.
A few months is even more hilarious. If you tried that, all you'd see is the steering wheel and a massive fuel bill. There are a few series of people going on Australia-wide trips, it took at least 12 months, and they certainly didn't go everywhere, that'd take a very long time... Saw one family that sold up and went away - they ended up making a DVD series - Expedition Australia is their biz if you're interested
LOL! I use to be a rep and people from head office would call (Korea) and be like can you just pop to this store and look at something. Casually 10hrs away.
It works in reverse when you go to the UK. We had a campervan and looking on the road map we always expected it to take a couple of hours between towns, but it always turned out to be 10-15 minutes!
I'm Australian and planning a road trip just up and down the East Coast, maybe to Adelaide, that's going to be at least two months, maybe longer!
You could do an Adelaide to Brisbane road trip in two and a half weeks no problem
I once heard about an American that wanted to do a weekend getaway and travel around NZ. Both big islands (not including the small one at the bottom).
I just love it when people don’t do their research
My dad wanted to visit me in New Zealand a couple years ago, and wanted to tour the country in a month. Even that was a bit of an ask when it came to time management.
Lol America is like this I live in the state of tennessee, the 10th largest state in the United states, and if you drove for about eight, eight and a half hours if you're driving the speed limit, you would still be in Tennessee. You'd be JUST about to get to the Carolinas
True story. As an Airman serving at RAAF, Richmond, near Sydney, Australia, in the mid 80's, I was working at, Air Movements Section. Basically the airport passenger terminal. A, USAF, C-141, Starlifter pulled in & a passenger arrived in the terminal & approached the civilian owned, Car Rental business. He rented a small sedan, I was in ear shot & heard, "So where are you off to?"...."Well, while I was in the area, I thought I'd go & see The, Ayer’s Rock!!!" Myself & others including the Car Renter managed to stop laughing & choking & laughing but it took some time, conferring with his country men, stationed at Richmond, to get him to believe the truth. That he would need a few weeks to do that, safely & take a truck load of money. I don't know how he went, I was busy that day.
Okay this is not so bad. I spent 16 days there and did a road trip along the East coast. Mainly just QLD, but I could as well have started in Sydney, drove up and then flown back home from there. You don't need months to cover Sydney and some interesting parts of QLD. (Not American here, German).
yep aussie land the disappointing disjointed fractured country !
Here for a few months? Lady, in Southern California, a road trip around the perimiter of Australia is what we call "the morning commute".
Yeah, in 2024 it took my husband and I, 15 hours to drive from Mackay to Warwick with our kids......we were literally still in QLD, just went from one end to the other. The country is so much bigger than people realise. And sadly many tourists don't believe us when we say how big it is until they try to accomplish something they think will be a short trip.