thinkabit a lot more but not too much.

You mention cheap airlines. Take a look at what Armchair Critic has to say about cost of getting to airports and back again.

As for what is local and domestic, think about domestic airport terminals that can take you from wsay Sydney to Perth.
Anyway in my opening comment to this thread I was referring to Australia being as big country and need for affordable fuel to travel.

High speed trains also miss providing business to motels and food outlets and repairers along road routes.

But I accept you view, thinkabit. I now cledarly see there are some people who can afford and seek to travel by air and that the cost of petrol for cars in this big country is ok.

When my son was injured some time back he had 6 weeks recuperation, but was not allowed to drive, fly or travel unaccompanied for the first 4 weeks.

I drove from SE Qld to Nowra to pick him up in my Triumph TR8, 4.6L 300 BHP convertible. The 2900 kilometres round trip down the new England highway, bypassing Sydney each way was a joy, which he also enjoyed.

Public transport would have involved $50 of taxi at each end, a train at each end, a long slow one south from Sydney, & would have been far from a joy.

At a smidgen over 10L/100Km total cost was $377 for fuel, & perhaps $40 for coffee & a snack on the way.

He flew back, which took slightly longer door to door than driving, & he complained was a horrible way to spend a day.

Long distance rail is a dearer than flying so although more pleasant you have to wonder why you don't get to take home the rail carriage, when you have paid enough to have bought the thing, not just rent a seat.

Travel by yacht is the only way to go. Like the snail you carry your home with you, your clean underwear is still in it's usual draw, when ever you need it, & you'll see a hell of a lot more than from thirty thousand feet. Oh that is one kind of wind power that makes sense.

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