Comment on laughs in 12 hours, while still driving through texas

• nightlily@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  Surely you can do better than that. NZ almost has you beat.

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  • AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re comparing a state to an entire country. Perth in western Australia to Cairns in Queensland is 49 hours of driving

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• Nastybutler@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  At least you have a road that reaches diagonally across WA. If Alaska did it would take a lot longer than that

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  • skribe@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Many of the roads across the interior are probably gravel. At least they were when I last journeyed there. The ones along the West Australian coast are paved though. They form what’s called Highway 1 (or at least it used to be).

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  • BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Alaska w/ an area of 1.7m sq/km or 663k sq/Freedom Units compared to Western Australia 2.5m sq/km or 975k sq/Freedom Units I’m not sure about that… But I suppose it’s possible.

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    • Nastybutler@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not about the overall area, it’s about the shape. Alaska has long legs. WA is very compact for its size.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s a really long drive from Utqiagvik to Ketchikan or even Proudhoe Bay to Juneau because you have to wait for climate change to make building the roads feasible

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