Somehow this byline regarding the Sidney airport flew under the radar. The German guy must have been really pi**ed. Folks I know over there never mentioned gang problems. Of course a bunch of wheat & sugar beet farmers are always a wee bit suspect.

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EVERYONE knows Australia is a long way from Europe – but not many would expect their journey from Germany to Sydney to involve catching six connecting flights and take almost a week to complete.
Unless you’re German tourist Tobias Gutt. After mistyping his destination on a flight booking website, the hapless 21-year-old instead ended up 13,000km away near Sidney in the freezing US state of Montana.

Dressed for a hot Sydney summer in T-shirt and shorts, Mr Gutt flew out of the small German town of Treuenbrietzen two days before Christmas.


But instead of landing in Sydney to be greeted by girlfriend Laura, he found himself half a world away.

"I froze terribly," he told German newspaper Bild.If only Mr Gutt had checked his airline ticket properly. In bold type read the letters ‘USA’.

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