If you took a 13,000 kilometre-long, un-meltable pin and shoved it into Toronto, through the centre of the Earth, and out the other side, I have no idea if it would poke up into Australia. But, if not, it probably wouldn’t be too far off its coast. At least, not too far relative to the size of the globe, that is.
Why you would do this, where you’d get an un-meltable pin that long, and how you could shove it all the way through the Earth is a mystery to me. Work that out for yourself. I’ll have no part in that endeavour.
The point is, if I stood on the ground in front of my home and a clone of mine stood at the appropriate point on the other side of the world, we’d be mirror images of each other. Of course, if that point on the opposite side of the world isn’t in Australia, but rather in the ocean, my clone would drown. But that’s not my problem.
The point is, my trip to Australia probably took me as far from home as I’ll ever get. (Although, I’ve been to New Zealand. For all I know, the point on the other side of the world from Toronto might be there.)
This is a subcategory of the “Australasia” category. Cities I visit within Australia will get their own sub-subcategories under “Australia.”
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