Many travelers head to Australia not realizing the scale of their destination.

THROUGHOUT MY TWO years of living in Melbourne and hosting Couchsurfing guests, I met many visitors with overly ambitious plans and not enough time. So I asked contributing editor Juliane Huang to compile a graphic to show everyone just how big Australia really is. Even I was surprised at what she came back with.

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Australia vs Europe size comparison

Graphic by Juliane Huang