Thanks for the compliment on Northwest Passage. That one holds special significance since I have left home "...at the call of many men to find there but the road back home again." Now when I sing it I am reminded that I have made my own passage from Maine to Guam (with this side trip to Oz).

Sandra, I do indeed intend to make another visit to this part of the world. Port Douglas and Sydney are too small a sample to judge this huge country by. More to come on that. My big trip next year is the Festival Of The Pacific in Palau in July.

This has been such a dynamite trip that I wish I could list everyone I've met, Mudcatters and not, music people and not, and thank them for the great time I am having.

Speaking of which, it's time to continue the fun. I'm off to find a train into the city for the Australia Museum.