I had a friend visit me (Sydney suburb Australia) from Singapore.
Her plan for the week was to visit Brisbane, Canberra, and Melbourne.
When I pointed out that they were:
- 10+ hours drive North
- 4+ hours drive West, and
- 10+ hours drive South
she really couldn't comprehend, so we started with the Canberra trip. Again, she couldn't believe that I wanted to leave at ungodly o'clock before sunrise, and it only took about 30 minutes once we got onto a highway, that she started saying "You really mean just drive and drive and drive … for FOUR HOURS?!? Why is it so far away?"