How the crowd draws
135 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s Australia map, 26 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 2,358 km²910 sq mi | 2,276 km²879 sq mi↓3.5% smaller |
| Outline | 299 km186 mi | 287 km178 mi↓4.1% shorter |
| Centre | 149.00° E, 35.49° S149.0° E, 35.5° S | 149.01° E, 35.49° S149.0° E, 35.5° S↘1 km south-east1 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 148.76° E, 35.50° S148.8° E, 35.5° S | 148.79° E, 35.50° S148.8° E, 35.5° S→3 km short2 mi short |
| Easternmost | 149.40° E, 35.32° S149.4° E, 35.3° S | 149.36° E, 35.35° S149.4° E, 35.4° S←3 km short2 mi short |
| Southernmost | 149.05° E, 35.92° S149.0° E, 35.9° S | 149.03° E, 35.91° S149.0° E, 35.9° S↑2 km short1 mi short |
| Northernmost | 149.13° E, 35.12° S149.1° E, 35.1° S | 149.13° E, 35.14° S149.1° E, 35.1° S↓1 km short1 mi short |
Near the land border, 53% of the crowd’s lines run inside Australian Capital Territory.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | 299 km in the game | 287 km the crowd’s↓4.0% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Australia →How it is measured
The crowd’s Australian Capital Territory: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Australian Capital Territory or outside it; the median over a short stretch is where the crowd puts the line there, and the real outline moved by it is the crowd’s. Where the move folds a narrow inlet over itself, the loop is cut.
The 135 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s Australia map, scribbles left out, the real line the game’s own. Area true to scale; the outline copies the real line’s detail, so its length changes only where the shape moves or a loop is cut.
Measuring how far the crowd moves the centre was Matt Forrest’s idea (forrest.nyc).
Draw Australian Capital Territory yourself and add your line to the next update.