Exchange students get confused between Ipswich, Suffolk and Ipswich, Queensland It was only when tourist information officials looked at the maps they realised their embarrassing mistake. Tourist manager David Stainer said the group were quite sheepish when it was explained to them that they were more than 10,000 miles off target. Mr Stainer said: "It certainly made us smile. There were three of them who came in here. They had stopped someone in the street and they had shown them the way to us. They must have been very confused. Mr Stainer explained that in order to prevent the same thing happening again, he had sent a supply of maps to the school in France for the use of future visiting students. He added: "We're delighted they came to see what there is in Ipswich. We hope that in future they will be able to find their way around with our maps. Mr Stainer said it was not the first time his staff had come across people confused between Ipswich in Suffolk and its Australian counterpart which is close to Brisbane. He said: "We quite often get emails sent on to us from Queensland which have been sent to them by accident. We once had a request that was sent from Cardiff to Queensland asking for the best place to park for football fans coming to Portman Road.