Thanks to all for the quick response.There's some options that will fit into our travel plans and hope to get the chance to see what's happening down under.
I didn't add at the start of the thread that we're from Scotland but I'm sure some will have guessed that. The "we" are my wife Maureen and myself and are known to some around Ayrshire as the Maw and Paw part of Maw,Paw and the Wean.
Shimbo Darktree's note regarding the accordionists worries me as I play the banjo (also guitar) but I think I'll be safe as I will be travelling "unarmed".

Thanks again to all and keep the ides coming for another week as we leave Sat. 5th Nov.