The Sydney Morning Herald | Boy, 12, arrested on solo drive from NSW to Perth 'had crash, took fuel' The Sydney Morning Herald A 12-year-old boy who drove 1300 kilometres across NSW on his own in the family car managed to evade suspicion partly because he looks much older and is "about six foot tall", police say. He left the state's east coast on Friday morning, drove about ... Boy, 12, who tried to drive across Australia was only stopped when police noticed his broken bumper |