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It all started around 2006 when a member of the Flat Earth Society claimed that everything about our country was made up and that anyone calling themselves Australian was a secret agent . Visitors travelling to Australia from overseas were , according to the myth , flown to New Zealand , where they were drugged upon arrival with hallucinogens to give them false memories of their experiences Down Under . They even claim that our most famous native animals , kangaroos and emus , are advanced robots designed to reinforce the illusion .
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Harold Holt , an Australian prime minister who disappeared without a trace .
The validity of the myth was given ‘ credibility ’ when , as recently as November this year , a report appeared in the Guardian describing how the Microsoft search engine , Bing , responded with the answer ‘ no ’ when ‘ does Australia exist ’ was typed into the search box . The error has since been corrected .
And so , dear readers of GoRV , as you head off into the far reaches of our country for your summer holidays , consider the possibility that we are all part of some Matrixlike illusion where , instead of sparring with Keanu Reeves , we are driving across vast meteor craters to beaches sectioned off for the citizens of Canberra , or where prime ministers can be lost , areas of land that might be irradiated by nuclear bombs , and straying off a major highway can cause death and the survivors prosecuted .
Have a very merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year .
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