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OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ

7/ As you can see in the map, New Zealand πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ was originally part of the colony of New South Wales, and was later invited to join Australia as a state.

New Zealand said no.
nzhistory.govt.nz/page/nz-says

#geoweirdness
22 Jan 2023 at 10:12 | Open on en.osm.town
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OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ

8/ Due to sheer size and difficult mapping conditions, it wasn’t always easy to survey Australia and this sometimes lead to disputes.

A long-running disagreement was the South Australia–Victoria border situation
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Au

#geoweirdness
22 Jan 2023 at 10:13 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ

9/ The location of the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) was specifically chosen as capital because it was midway between the two largest cities Sydney and Melbourne.

Then the tiny Jervis Bay Territory was created so the ACT would have access to the sea.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jervis_B

It's surprising how many countries move capital, 14 in last 50 years as we covered in the Oct 2022 #fridaygeotrivia
blog.opencagedata.com/post/geo

9/ The location of the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) was specifically chosen as capital because it was midway between the two largest cities Sydney and Melbourne.

Then the tiny Jervis Bay Territory was created so the ACT would have access to the sea.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jervis_B
22 Jan 2023 at 10:18 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ

10/ Final #geoweirdness fact: Australia is home to the worlds longest highway: Highway 1 - over 14,500 km / 9,000 miles πŸ›£οΈπŸššπŸ¦˜

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_
22 Jan 2023 at 10:19 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ

11/ We hope you enjoyed our look at Australian πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί #geoweirdness. Thanks for reading (and sharing) πŸ™

If you like our look at Australia you may enjoy our thread about

New Zealand πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ en.osm.town/@opencage/11000952

or a country Australia is often confused with: Austria πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή
en.osm.town/@opencage/11044554

We have many more threads about other countries, border disputes, exclaves, geocoding, etc listed on our blog.
blog.opencagedata.com/geothrea

We'll feature more countries in coming weeks and months

11/ We hope you enjoyed our look at Australian πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί #geoweirdness. Thanks for reading (and sharing) πŸ™

If you like our look at Australia you may enjoy our thread about

New Zealand πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ en.osm.town/@opencage/11000952

or a country Australia is often confused with: Austria πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή
en.osm.town/@opencage/11044554
22 Jan 2023 at 10:22 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ replied to OpenCage

12/ Final bonus #geoweirdness tweet - here's a world map from the Australian πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί perspective 🀯
22 Jan 2023 at 10:37 | Open on en.osm.town
Ilse Heemskerk replied to OpenCage

@opencage Stop it! I already have no sense of direction.

6 Mar 2023 at 10:20 | Open on mas.to
Mike, First of His Name replied to OpenCage

@opencage I'm surprised this thread missed the Victoria/Tasmania land border. :awesome:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary

8 Sep 2023 at 10:20 | Open on social.chinwag.org
OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ replied to Mike, First of His Name
Mike, First of His Name replied to OpenCage

@opencage one of my favourite weird things in my backyard. I really want to go there one day, somehow.

8 Sep 2023 at 11:13 | Open on social.chinwag.org
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