What are those Google Maps Australia people up to now?
Somewhere in the outback the Google Street Car gets bogged then towed...
For April Fools Day they claimed they were going to "OCCA-up" their directions, offering Australian translations like 'Chucka U-ey' for directing drivers to execute a U-Turn, and 'You're not within Cooee', to let drives know that they're no where near their destination. But what have Google Maps Aus really been up to recently aside from being 'bogged'-another term from their OCCA Aus translation.The results on the poll for which off road locations the Google trike should hit and map are in: and from more than 3,000 destinations the winning eight have been selected. So you can look forward to taking virtual tours of:
* Parliament House and War Memorial, ACT* Valley of the Giants and Tree Top Walk, WA
* Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, SA
* Lord Howe Island, NSW
* Melbourne CBD laneways, VIC
* Port Arthur, TAS
* Simpson Gap Bicycle Path, Alice Springs, NT
* Hamilton Island QLD Not sure if they'll be allowed to cycle though Parliament House – although the marble floor of the main hall would be pretty cycle friendly – but there are a couple there that will be really enticing, and a great way to see destinations you might not normally get to visit.
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- Inside Parliament House by Flickr user oscarmg
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- Inside Parliament House by Flickr user oscarmg
I'm slightly disappointed that my suggestion of the Bondi to Brote walk didn't get in...
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by Kat Parr Mackintosh
