First one doesn't look any "worse" than Geowizard's crossing of Norway [0]. Second one feels like it's not in the spirit of things, but I have trouble coming up

First one doesn't look any "worse" than Geowizard's crossing of Norway [0]. Second one feels like it's not in the spirit of things, but I have trouble coming up with an adequately rigorous definition. I was thinking of saying Norway and New Zealand look OK because in both cases you start on the eastern border/coast and finish on the western one, unlike Queensland where you are still in the northeast by any definition. This gets close to my intent, but to make this work we have to accept that NZ has multiple east coasts, or a single discontinuous one. Why is it OK to cross the North Island in NZ, but not OK to cross some tiny island in Australia (e.g. cross King Island [1] from west to east)? [0] https://imgur.com/gallery/gistDx1 https://imgur.com/gallery/gistDx1 [1] https://goo.gl/maps/Q5JEN1j3U4sBMEvf6 https://goo.gl/maps/Q5JEN1j3U4sBMEvf6