"Montblack" wrote:

("Jim Logajan" wrote)
True - and there are more stations and bases along the coast in that
direction. I just discovered, though, that Macquarie Island has no
airfield (it's a World Heritage Site). So the flight from Dumont
d'Urville station to Hobart Tasmania is about 1450 nm. :-(


What are the hops (distances) from California to Australia?

Sorry, being lazy.

Beats me - I'm to lazy to figure that out too! ;-)