Australia
The distance from Essex in England to Perth in Australia is 8,966 miles. A flight would take more than 18 hours from London.
Thailand is closer to Australia than South America.
Scotland is 30, 414 square miles. Australia is 2,941,299 square miles and hence is 96.7 times bigger than Scotland.
Oceanic is closer to Australia then the others yes.
Egypt is about 3,000 kilometers closer to Australia than Argentina.
Yes Chelmsford in Essex is nearer to Richmond-on-thames than the County of Staffordshire.
New Zealand is closer to the South Pole than Australia. The South Pole is about 4,500 kilometers from New Zealand and about 5,500 kilometers from Australia.
Yes, size difference is such that you could fit scotland in Australia close to 100 times over.
No, India is much closer to Australia than the US.
Cumbria goes all the way to the Scottish border.
Africa is closer to South America than it is to Australia.