But my favourite story about distances in Oceania was when the Indian cricket team complained of jet lag in one of their matches during the last cricket World Cup in Australia/ NZ. Which initially surprised me, as they had spent months in Australia on a bilateral tour before the World Cup. But I then quickly realised the trouble: they flew in from Perth to Hamilton in NZ, which is 6.5 hours away by flight or four hours ahead in terms of time zones.