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#1123592 - Fri Jan 22 2016 12:51 AM Google Maps isn't always correct ..
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	This piece of advice arrived by email this afternoon: Quote: When driving around Australia, make sure that you circumnavigate the continent anti-clockwise, as it's about 900 metres shorter going this way than clockwise.
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#1123605 - Fri Jan 22 2016 02:44 AM Re: Google Maps isn't always correct ..
Lottie1001 Mainstay Registered: Mon Jul 07 2008 Posts: 549 Loc: Westmorland UK	That makes sense, I suppose, since you must be further from the coast when going anti-clockwise. _________________________ A schoolgirl answered the question 'In what countries are elephants found?' 'Elephants are very large and intelligent animals, and are seldom lost.'
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#1123613 - Fri Jan 22 2016 03:56 AM Re: Google Maps isn't always correct ..
sue943 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 19 1999 Posts: 38004 Loc: Jersey Channel Islands	Yes of course, so the opposite would apply to countries who drive on the right hand side. _________________________ Many a child has been spoiled because you can't spank a Grandma!
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#1123650 - Fri Jan 22 2016 12:08 PM Re: Google Maps isn't always correct ..
JanIQ Mainstay Registered: Thu Jul 09 2009 Posts: 911 Loc: Antwerp Belgium	I'm not quite sure 900 metres will make any difference. Australia's coastline is apparently about 25,760 kilometres long... (source: CIA World Factbook) _________________________ I dreamt of spending a day riding a stallion. It was a nightmare.
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