What is 'remote' these days?

Remote – Distant, isolated, inaccessible, far-flung, secluded, in-the-sticks.

I was reading a previous thread on the Centroid 14 – Essentially, in 1983 a bloke decided to locate the remotest place in Australia using the capital cities as reference points. While things were probably a bit different 40 years ago, is this truly remote or simply the furthest you can be from a Capital city? (The Centroid Point in question is actually only 5.8km from a good quality road, 15km from a major thoroughfare (The GCR) and 33 kilometres from an active community with an airstrip, store, police station and medical clinic.

So what do we mean by remote these days. Does remote actually exist in this day of fast satellite comms, GPS and moving map programs, hi-tech diesel vehicles and 12 volt freezers?

We are constantly bludgeoned by all manner of magazine experts telling us of the wonders of the iconic remote areas like the ‘Simmo’ and the cape, both of which at this time of the year have more in common with Bourke Street Melbourne than a remote environment. Even the beloved Canning has more than 300 vehicles along it’s length at any given time during the travel season.

Do we have to sail to high seas to be geographically ‘remote’ or do we simply redefine or broaden the definition of remote to include –“where not too many people go”?

Probably no surprise but I love remote and actively seek it but my definition may seem extreme to many (but not all who frequent this forum ??)

I’d be keen to see what others think. Have we buggered ‘remote’ and by extension 'adventure' these days or does it still exist? If so what is it?

Mick