List of people who have walked across Australia

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People who have walked across Australia are those who have walked either from one of the geographical extremes of the continent to another, or between cities that are on opposing shores.

The extremes of Australia for the purpose of this definition are considered to be Steep Point to the (west), Cape Byron (east), Cape York Peninsula (north), and South East Cape (south). The straight-line distance between the east and west is 4,030 km (2,500 mi), whereas the distance in the north-south direction is 3,685 km (2,290 mi).^{[note 1]} City-pairs on opposite shores include, among others, Perth and Brisbane, Darwin and Hobart, and Perth and Sydney.^{[note 2]}

Walkers who choose to cross Australia can follow the National Highway for large sections of their journey. Those who have successfully completed their walks across the continent have typically taken times of 365 to 897 days to do so. The traversed distances are typically around 14,300 km (8,900 mi)^[1] to 17,000 km (11,000 mi) depending on the route taken.

Only seven people are known to have completed such walks alone, passing through all mainland states and territories, without a support vehicle. These include Aidan de Brune, Nobby Young, Colin Ricketts, Andrew 'Cad' Cadigan, Scott Loxley, Mike Pauly, and Terra Roam.

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