Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 161: "Australia's Bizarre National Ring Road"
This is the bonus show for Episode 161! (Asphalt)
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore the obviously incredibly fascinating topic of Australia's "Highway 1". It's perhaps the strangest, most distinctive, and most telling use of asphalt on Earth.
RESEARCH SOURCES:
Native-land.ca
Just Look at How Quickly This Crew Paves a Road (Popular Mechanics)
Highway 1: Australia's road for everyone, before it started breaking up (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Public Roads Magazine, May/June 2000: "An Australian Road Review" (U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration)
Population figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau "Quick Facts"
How to Drive Iceland’s Ring Road: The Ultimate 800-Mile Road Trip (Rick Steves' Europe)
India’s terrible roads: how to build a world-class network and still reach net zero (The Conversation)
How humans have impacted Australia's nature over time (The Nature Conservancy Australia)
Genius.com lyrics page for "I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers
Defining Moments: Introduction of cane toads (National Museum Australia)
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