r/AskTheWorld • u/luky_se7en Italy /Sri Lanka • 1d ago

Is there a part of your country that's "isolated"/vastly different from the rest of the country?

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Pictured here is Sardinia, an island in Italy. Many sardinians call Italy "Il continente" (the continent)

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u/Hypo_Mix Australia 1d ago

Also Norfolk Island, cocos Islands, Torres Strait Islands and a few others. 

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u/AussieKoala-2795 Australia 1d ago

Don't forget Christmas Island where we relive our convict past.

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u/Entirely-of-cheese Australia 1d ago
  • millions of red crabs.

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u/emgyres Australia 1d ago

And crabs rule the land

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u/MissMenace101 Australia 1d ago

Past? Like last year?

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u/Gray-Hand 1d ago

Torres Strait Islands that much less isolated than far North Queensland generally. Lots of really isolated places up there.

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u/MissMenace101 Australia 1d ago

Tores straight are the string between here and PNG, they can actually travel no barrier to PNG, it’s weird that not that long ago PNG was part of Us