A disabled Australian took a Over 2,000 km taxi ride which cost A,500 after he was refused a plane seat because he was not accompanied by someone to look after him, the man's mother said on 24.

　　Wheelchair-bound Joe Archer took a taxi from Brisbane airport in tropical Queensland state on Monday at the start of a bizarre odyssey through four states which skirted the Australian outback and ended in his home town of Adelaide on Thursday.

　　Archer had been refused a seat on a Qantas flight in line with airline policy which stipulates passengers requiring constant attention must travel with a care-giver.

　　Archer's mother said she could not understand why her son had been refused a plane seat after he had flown unattended from Adelaide to Brisbane on Australia's northeast coast.“He went up there without a carer so why shouldn't he come back without a carer?”she said.

　　Cab driver Marshall became Archer's de facto carer on the long trip, during which Archer paid for meals and accommodation.

　　The journey stretched out well over 2,000 km and was tracked by a convoy of about eight media cars and two helicopters over the final stages.