Thanks for those great links, I will devour them avidly and attempt to temper my disgust at the Australian people with a bit of self-education. I too am now more European than Australian (after quite some time in the USA as well), and find myself less attracted to Australian society and culture as the years wear on. For sure, we see eye to eye on the move back, if it were to happen: for me, somewhere in the North-West (deserty/beachy regions), or indeed .. Tasmania. The rest of the country can suck rocks.