Alan S wrote:
On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:39 -0500, Janet Wilder
wrote:

I live in Texas. Way at the very, very southeastern most tip of it. I
can well appreciate it when someone thinks Dallas is just around the
corner when it's at least a two day trip.


This will give you some idea of the scale of things.

These are the states and territories of Australia.

Rank State/Territory Area (km²)
1 Western Australia 2,529,875
2 Queensland 1,730,648
3 Northern Territory 1,349,129
4 South Australia 983,482
5 New South Wales 800,642
6 Victoria 227,146
7 Tasmania 68,401
8 Australian Capital Territory 2,358

Australia 7,691,681
USA (incl Alaska, Hawaii) 9,631,420

At 261,797 mi² or 678051 km² Texas fits in at 6th, smaller
than NSW but bigger than Victoria.

Of course, I accept that there's a lot of empty out there.
When flying as an Engineer in the RAAF from Canberra via
Alice Springs to Pt Headland the pilots described it as
flying over the GAFA. The Great Australian .... All.

Thank you, Alan, for the geography lesson.


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Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
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