America: You drive for four hours. You are still in the same part of the country. UK: You drive for two hours. The local accent has changed twice. Bread rolls have a new name.
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In case anyone thinks I'm exaggerating - Anna Creek Station, the biggest cattle ranch in Australia, is slightly bigger than Israel at ~24,000 square kilometerspic.twitter.com/y7swTyBZa5
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Funny that, I immediately thought of the same, but only because I had only learned about it yesterday. A bicycling Belgian travel reporter met the owner of the station, who took him for a drive. It takes longer to drive through the property than it takes to cross Belgium. Crazy.
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I knew a man whose father drove 800km on Sundays to lead several church services in his parish! W.A.
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There's a US joke like that from the state of Maine. A Texan sees a Maine farmer in his field and brags how he can drive for hours and not leave his ranch. The Maine farmer replies, "A'yuh, I had a truck like that once."
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