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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay

Long way around: Australian man’s epic 5,000km detour to get his car back home

Chris English’s route from Broome to Kununurra.
Chris English’s route from Broome to Kununurra. Illustration: Guardian Design

Christmas is meant to bring loved ones together, but when a “biblical flood” wreaked havoc on a family celebration, it forced one Australian man to make an almost 5,000km detour alone through the outback to get his car home.

Chris English, a 64-year-old from Kununurra in far northern Western Australia, is this week driving through red desert by day and camping out at night on his way back home.

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