The distance to cover is around 1700 Nautical Miles, which takes a jet airplane around 4 hours to fly.
The Japanese wanted to take Port Moresby to make invading Australia easier and the Australians had to keep Port Moresby.
4 hours
It takes around 4 hours 20 minutes to make the trip from Melbourne to Port Fairy, through some fairly winding countryside. The distance is 288 km.
The Japanese wanted to take control of the Kokoda Trail so that they could control Port Moresby, on the southern coast of Papua New Guinea. the Kokoda Trail was the only way to get across the Owen Stanley Range, which separated the Japanese nases in the north from Port Moresby. Once they controlled Port Moresby, they would be in a position to cut off Australia from US help. There was some concern that they would then launch invasion forces into Australia, thereby completing their control of a huge area of the Pacific.
Approx 1.5 hours from Melbourne CBD
36 hours non stop driving
it take aproxiamately 21 hours
10 hours
about an hour
It take 1 hour and a bit :)
It will take about 9 hours.
About 20 hours.