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Re:The size of the moon, relative to the Australian mainland by samplatt on Sunday November 17, 2019 @10:44PM (#21561737)
Full days, as in 2x 24 hours? because it'd be a lot more than 2 days if we're talking a measly 8-9hrs per day.
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Re:The size of the moon, relative to the Australian mainland by satori99 on Sunday November 17, 2019 @10:52PM (#21561759)
It's about 40 hours non-stop in a car.
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Re:The size of the moon, relative to the Australian mainland by interfixus on Sunday November 17, 2019 @11:45PM (#21561953)
Did me some hitch-hiking back in the day. Sydney-Perth, Melbourne-Perth (and the corresponding return trips) somehow always neatly approached four days, or 96 hours if you like.

Once got a ride from a trucker who did Adelaide-Perth-Adelaide once a week. Alternating with a colleague, that is, so he had 3½ days exactly to complete the round trip, including on/off loading at both ends. They never really stopped once they got the truck moving, and I do believe a lot of the driving was pill-fueled. Completely bat-shit, of course, but apparently not that uncommon a practice back in the eighties.

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Re:The size of the moon, relative to the Australian mainland by ruvis on Monday November 18, 2019 @12:31AM (#21562137)
Bloody hell that's the most boring drive of the country too
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