Sunday, March 21, 2004
Some friends of ours are in Australia right now. Yesterday I began pondering how weird it seems, to me, that they are so far away but we're still here, doing our normal Sacramento things. And they're off on the other side of the world. And then I wondered, what's the furthest place on earth from here?
So we took a look at our globe, and discovered that the furthest place on Earth from here is a point in the southern Indian Ocean, not too far from the Crozet Islands (Fr.), which I had not heard of before despite my mild/medium (not spicy) interest in seafaring tales of yore.
As far as large landmasses, the closest things to this spot are South Africa and the west coast of Australia. I personally would much rather go to the west coast of Australia ... so someday in the future, when I get the itch to go as far from home as I possibly can, I guess I'll visit Perth. It's good to know these things.
So we took a look at our globe, and discovered that the furthest place on Earth from here is a point in the southern Indian Ocean, not too far from the Crozet Islands (Fr.), which I had not heard of before despite my mild/medium (not spicy) interest in seafaring tales of yore.
As far as large landmasses, the closest things to this spot are South Africa and the west coast of Australia. I personally would much rather go to the west coast of Australia ... so someday in the future, when I get the itch to go as far from home as I possibly can, I guess I'll visit Perth. It's good to know these things.
// posted by Margaret @ 8:21 PM 
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