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India Four Two
For many years, me too, Jensdad!
It has the world’s longest straight railway track - 478 miles!
Try riding a motorbike: "In 1,200 kilometres make a left turn"
We supported an oil exploration drill off Eucla, near the WA/SA border. Two S61Ns and we doubled the population: bore water for the settlement, and 1 litre of fresh water/day for 'personal' use. Forrest was the nearest airstrip, alongside the railway line, and I've refuelled there a few times.
Talk about beyond the black stump: but the challenge was pre 1970-ish when the road was unsealed, and not unheard of for smaller cars to disappear in some of the hidden holes full of bull dust.