Australia's best footballers fly to the moon and back

Seventy five of Australia's best footballers have travelled a collective distance of 862,000 km across the globe to wear the green and gold this week - that's the equivalent of a return trip to the Moon.

That's the distance covered by four National Teams in pursuit of two FIFA World Cups, one World Championship and a pathway to the London 2012 Olympic Games on three continents across a multitude of times zones.

And that's just one week in the life of the 11 National Teams fielded and funded by Football Federation Australia.