r/mapporncirclejerk • u/zeldstarro • 22h ago

Truly, factually, 8 hours

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u/Nikoladge 21h ago

Until they find out it takes 34 hours to cross Western Australia, going from Kununurra to Perth

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u/hates_stupid_people 20h ago edited 19h ago

Don't bring up Australia to Texans, they don't like how it's bigger in all their favorite fun facts.

For example, the biggest cow farm in the US is the King Ranch in Texas at 825k acres(3.3km2). Anna Creek Station in Australia is almost 5.9m acres(23.8km2). It has more area than Texas has fresh water surfaces(~7.3k miles2(~19k km2)).

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u/Snobolski 17h ago

As a Texan, it doesn't rile me that a sort-of continent is bigger than our state.

Remember, Australia, Pluto was a planet once. You could be relegated to "large island" without warning.

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u/hates_stupid_people 17h ago

Yeah, it's mostly a dig at the die-hard folk. Most reasonable Texans know that Australia is almost as wide as mainland US.