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The 81-year-old Eric Steward eventually stopped and asked for directions after he had been driving for almost nine hours. He drove all the way from the New South Wales country town of Yass to Geelong in the southern Victoria State.

When he didn''t know where he was anymore, he eventually asked a policeman and asked for help.

"This little old man came up to me saying he was lost. He handed me his mobile and asked if I could speak to his wife," said Victorian Police Senior Constable Clayton Smith.

Steward, who was reunited with his family on Wednesday, said he took the wrong turn and just kept on going.

"I just went out on the road to have a drive, a nice peaceful drive," he told reporters, adding he did not need a satellite navigation device as he''d only been lost once.