Well I did once see/overhear some touristy types at a suburban station looking for the Gold Coast on the Cityrail map, and the staff mentioned the area they were pointing at was the Central Coast, but they didn't quite get the point.
And another time someone asked me how they would get to Ayers Rock after taking the train to Lithgow. It's a bit like someone spending a week in New York who thinks of taking a day trip to Florida (by car).
Oh, well, I was once stopped by a pair of tourists in the City of London, who asked me, "Can you tell me the way to Wales?" I replied, "Well, it's west of here," and before I could get another word in they riposted with, "Can we walk there from here?"
And you do hear stories of tourists in, say, Sydney, suggesting that they might get the train to go and see Aunt Myrtle in Perth for tea and be back in Sydney time for a late dinner at their hotel...