Quote Originally Posted by Stephanie B View Post
Everyone should travel from the Atlantic to Pacific coasts at least once by surface transport. Car, bus or Amtrak.

Mike Royco talked about taking a train once from Chicago to California. There were some West German tourists on board one of the asked “how much longer does this go on“ he asked what did he mean. The tourist said: “Der cornfields“. Royco told him “another 900 miles.” The tourist said “Mein Gott!”
Australia is pretty similar, in that it's way bigger than people think it is. I once pondered flying into Cairns, renting a car, driving to Hervey Bay to visit some friends, and go from there to Brisbane for my trip to the USA. Looks like a pretty quick trip on the map, yeah? They let me know it was about 16 hours of just driving time to get there, and another 4 1/2 to Brisbane.