On New Year’s Day, NSW and Victoria jumped north by 1.8 metres – while the rest of the country remained firmly fixed in place.

No, you did not miss an earthquake. And no, we’re not seceding from the rest of the continent.

The change is being made to fix a 1.8 metre inaccuracy that has crept into our GPS coordinates, caused by Australia slowly drifting north.

It will hopefully improve the accuracy of the blue location dot on Google Maps – and dispense with the days of seeing your Uber driver rock up on the wrong side of the road.