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Alone Across Australia (Film). Australia. Deanna Sorenson (2003). Going the Distance: A walk across Australia. The Radiant Coaching Company. ISBN 978-0-9750021-0-0. David Mason (2014). Walk Across Australia: The First Solo Crossing. Rosenberg Press ISBN 9781922013996
Cesar Guarin ran across Australia in 2011, as part of his Global Run for an advocacy to help Filipino children experiencing poverty. His run across Australia was the fifth leg of his Global run and has a total distance of 2,053 km (1,276 mi) from Melbourne to Brisbane. The Australian run hoped to raise $200,000 funds. [28] [29]
Coastline length of Australia [6]; State/territory Mainland coastline length Island length Total coastline length km mi km mi km mi Australia: 35,877 22,293: 23,859
Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal, being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken). The smaller the scale interval (meaning the more detailed the measurement), the longer the coastline will be.
Australia has the third-largest exclusive economic zone of 8,148,250 km 2 (3,146,060 sq mi). This EEZ does not include the Australian Antarctic Territory (an additional 5,896,500 km 2 (2,276,700 sq mi)). Australia has the largest area of ocean jurisdiction of any country on Earth. [5] It has no land borders.
He completed his walk on October 5, 1974 after 14,500 miles. Kunst walked across four continents including North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He walked across Australia since he was unable to obtain permission to walk across China. Australia was selected since its widest point (2,500 miles) is comparable to the average width of China ...
Australia ' s Highway 1 is a network of highways that circumnavigate the country, joining all mainland capital cities except the national capital of Canberra.At a total length of approximately 14,500 km (9,000 mi) it is the longest national highway in the world, surpassing the Trans-Siberian Highway (over 11,000 km or 6,800 mi) and the Trans-Canada Highway (8,030 km or 4,990 mi).
The distance travelled by car in Australia is amongst the highest in the world, behind the United States and Canada. In 2003, the average distance travelled per person by car was 12,730 km. [2] Introduction of airbags and ESC into the Australian car market: Frontal airbags were introduced on Australian market around the 1990s.