Did they remember Tasmania this time?
A criticism of the original film was that it all ended in Melbourne when the Australian island state of Tasmania is further south. Did it all end in Melbourne again?
shareYes, it all ended in Melbourne. Tasmania got a mention in the novel though. In Chapter 4:
'That seems to be so,' said Dwight. 'If it goes on the way it's going now, Cape Town will go out a little before Sydney, about the same time as Montevideo. There'll be nothing left then in Africa and South America. Melbourne is the most southerly major city in the world, so we'll be near to the last.' He paused for a moment in thought. 'New Zealand, most of it, may last a little longer, and, of course, Tasmania. A fortnight or three weeks perhaps. I don't know if there's anybody in Antarctica. If so, they might go on for quite a while.'Later in the novel (Chapter 8) John Osborne said that the very last humans to die would be the Indians in Tierra del Fuego. share