Gettin' through Aussie customs turned out to be easier than I expected, despite the weird looks. There seems to be some pretty heavy prejudice against simians here. I thought they were going to make trouble over the "violin", but no...they just waved me through when I showed 'em Fresnelli's business card. Interesting! He clearly had some powerful contacts in Sydney. Doin' what is the question...? I don't figger he was handin' out charitable donations to orphans or nothin' like that.

I tried to track down Magenta, but no success so far. She's out there somewhere. I can feel her presence wafting on the breeze like a haunting perfume. I intend to do some moonlighting here till I find her and I ain't got time to waste with Vlad on the prowl.

Sydney turns out to be a real nice town, and the weather's great here too. Lots of sun...not that that would appeal too much to Magenta at this point. The nights are beautiful with the sea breeze comin' in. I can see where a chimp would want to build himself a nice little treehouse in the country here and just settle in for a bit.

I am gonna go see the Royal Botanical Gardens today, but first I gotta buy a nice big bunch of garlic buds and extract the juice...

- Chongo