Where They Went

Last Cab to Darwin (2015)

Directed by Jeremy Sims

A dying Broken Hill taxi driver drives his cab 3,000 km through the outback to Darwin, where a doctor offers legal euthanasia, picking up two passengers on the way.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Rex's house
    Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
    ≈ 00:01:00
    Stated on screen

    Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Rex leaves his house to his neighbour Polly and sets off north.

  2. 2Oodnadatta, South Australia
    ≈ 00:30:00
    Inferred

    Rex's cab crosses the South Australian outback.

  3. 3Dr Farmer's clinic and hospital
    Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
    ≈ 01:10:00
    Stated on screen
  4. 4Rex's porch
    Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
    ≈ 01:50:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
4,926 km
Places
3
Countries
1
Stops
4
  • Car: 4,926 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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