ajsadauskas OP , 3 months ago

@ColeSloth "Your entire population has no city over 100,000 people that doesn’t live near the coast"

Canberra's population is 456,692, but it's only the national capital.

Ballarat's population is 117,240.

Bendigo's population is 103,818.

Albury-Wodonga is around 100,000 and growing.

"and almost all of those are in the southeast and east side of the country."

Perth, Adelaide, Mandurah, and Darwin say hi.

"All you need to get around by train there is essentially one track shaped in a funny looking circle."

You mean to reach all the major coastal capital cities?

You do realise Australia is roughly the same size as the continental US, right?

And it would have to be a bloody funny looking circle to have Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, and Albury-Wodonga.

All with over 100,000 people or more (in the case of Melbourne and Geelong, much more).

All have a direct rail line with regular passenger services to Melbourne, as does Gippsland and Shepparton.

By the way, Dubbo has a population of 43,516. It's inland, and 392 km (244 mi) NW of Sydney. You know what else it has?

Trains: https://transportnsw.info/regional/book-sydney-to-dubbo-by-train

Bonus fact. You know what Alice Springs, in the middle of the continent with a population of 25,912 and nothing but desert for miles around has?

Trains: https://www.journeybeyondrail.com.au/journeys/the-ghan/

C'mon son, you can do better...