the Antipodes
noun /ði ænˈtɪpədiːz/
/ði ænˈtɪpədiːz/
[plural]- a way of referring to Australia and New Zealand, often used in a humorous wayWord Originlate Middle English: via French or late Latin from Greek antipodes ‘having the feet opposite’, from anti ‘against, opposite’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’. The term originally denoted the inhabitants of opposite sides of the earth.