9/ The location of the ACT (Australian Capital Territory)...

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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jervis_Bay_Territory

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

Like 22 Jan 2023 at 10:18 | Open on en.osm.town

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OpenCage 👉🌍

10/ Final #geoweirdness fact: Australia is home to the worlds longest highway: Highway 1 - over 14,500 km / 9,000 miles 🛣️🚚🦘

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_1_(Australia)

22 Jan 2023 at 10:19 | Open on en.osm.town

OpenCage 👉🌍

11/ We hope you enjoyed our look at Australian 🇦🇺 #geoweirdness. Thanks for reading (and sharing) 🙏

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

New Zealand 🇳🇿 https://en.osm.town/@opencage/110009521563447805

or a country Australia is often confused with: Austria 🇦🇹
https://en.osm.town/@opencage/110445541481062771

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

We'll feature more countries in coming weeks and months

11/ We hope you enjoyed our look at Australian 🇦🇺 #geoweirdness. Thanks for reading (and sharing) 🙏

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

New Zealand 🇳🇿 https://en.osm.town/@opencage/110009521563447805

or a country Australia is often confused with: Austria 🇦🇹
https://en.osm.town/@opencage/110445541481062771

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