• Event_Horizon@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Here in Australia, during the 80’s, 90’s before widespread internet. There would be several European’s who needed rescuing each year as they decided to try and walk between major cities, because it looks close on a map.

    I remember one German guy who needed rescuing while trying to walk from Sydney to Adelaide…that’s 1200km away…in a straight line.

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      9 months ago

      Also in Europe if you get hungry you can pick mushrooms, skin a boar, or pop in to a town. In Australia you got… witchetty grub

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      9 months ago

      Lmao just looked on a map, and it’s quite easy to see that that distance is comparable to walking from Great Yarmouth to St Davids… twice