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Originally Posted by flappist

Yes but there are a lot of foreign tourists and city dwellers who have no idea what Australia is really like. One of my nieces got a job two years ago woring at the super resort at Ayres Rock and she and 3 of her friends had bought a satnav and planned the trip out there. They would not have made it as they had niether the fuel nor the experience to understand that they were getting into trouble until it was too late.
When I chipped them about it the reply was "we will just call RACQ" on their Vodafone and Optus phones (telstra is too expensive).

Have a look at the Plenty Hwy which shows on most satnavs as a major arterial route.

This is part of the reason why we often have members on here going bezerk about speed limits/lpg availability/spare tyres and tyre types/98,95 and ethanol/distances travelled in a day/routes and a plethora of other things where reality often bears no ressemblance whatsoever to theory or expert opinion from the internet.

Your niece got a job doing WHAT?