Long way around: Australian man’s epic 5,000km detour to get his car back home

After the way home was cut off by floods, Chris English set off on an alternative route further than driving from Madrid to Moscow

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Christmas is meant to bring loved ones together, but when a biblical flood" wreaked havoc on a family celebration, it forced one Australian man to make an almost 5,000km detour alone through the outback to get his car home.

Chris English, a 64-year-old from Kununurra in far northern Western Australia, is this week driving through red desert by day and camping out at night on his way back home.

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