AS THE COCKY FLIES STRAIGHT LINE CALCULATOR
'Cocky' is the abbreviated generic name for one of Australia's most loved birds, the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, however it is also applied to any parrot. The Australianism, "as the cocky flies" is equivalent to "how the crow flies" and refers to the distance along a theoretical straight line between two points on the earth.Cick here for a distance calculator
Find the straight line distance between geographical features, towns and cities within Australia. The road distances will vary greatly from those, sometimes a great as 50%, further depending on the terrain.
Cockatoo and other beautiful, unique, Australian fauna is in here
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