holy shit. my geography is usually excellent but it turns out I thought Melbourne was where Adelaide is (probably thought it was a bit further west than that tbh) and that Sydney was where Melbourne actually is.
gonna blame this on my lack of interest in visiting the place (got some extremely hot takes on it)
@TheBarbieMovie2023 I actually felt similar. In my head Melbourne and Adelaide are both pushed west further. I think it’s that I never really noticed that Victoria is just directly south of NSW and always thought it was a state to the west.
I still think the most horrific Aus fact is that Darwin at the top of Northern Territory is basically 42C all the time and pure hell but hey at least it’s on the coast so there’s all that beautiful sea to swim in. Except it’s full of salt-water crocodiles who’ll kill you in seconds. FUCK THAT.
Tbf I think crocodiles mostly grab on to and then drown their prey rather than ripping it to shreds so it’d take more than a few seconds for them to kill you.
Of course sometimes they do that spinny thing and tear your legs off too