Consider a line drawing of a map of Australia, no internal borders. To draw this you might have to pick up your pen and draw another segment that doesn't touch the first one. What is the simplest line drawing map of Australia that you consider acceptable? #DisjointMap
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@futzle It's either 2 (North Island and Tasmania) or hundreds with places like Christmas Island and Keeling Cocos Islands, Lord Howe Island(s), Norfolk Islands, Australian Antarctica Territory, Recherche Archipelago - and thousands if you include _every_ Island that's part of Australia (Do I _need_ to draw Fort Dennison? Or Philip Island? Or Stradbroke Island? Or every tiny Barrier Reef/Whitsundays island or atoll?).
@bigiain Yes, a line must drawn somewhere (pardon the pun). Interesting how some people feel the answer is in between 2 and many, though. And take a look at some of the other countries in the same thread. I find this fascinating.
@futzle I'm trying to work out what the 3,5, or 6 line people are drawing? I can understand 1, but surprised at how low it's polling - I guess "acceptable" is doing some heavy lifting there.
I vaguely recall a green and gold stylised line art Australian map logo (possibly a Buy Australian or Maide In Australia thing?) which hand maybe 5 or 6 curved strokes that just extended the east coast down to Tassie and then used another broad curve to go from tassie up on over to SW WA. Can't seem to find it in image search though.
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@futzle You can do one line and still respect Tasmania... the connecting line is the Marinus Link
(Sorry I left off the hashtag for you all to mute, had to delete and redraft.)
@futzle don't forget to mark the location of Perth, "a small village in the south-west of Australia"