the other thing is: your duty free allowance is shockingly stingy! We;re much more generous in New Zealand Sarah Sarah Stewart PhD Candidate Senior Lecturer School of Midwifery Otago Polytechnic Forth St Private Bag 1910 Dunedin New Zealand Tel: 0800 762786 sarahs@tekotago.ac.nz
M.Allen@exchange.curtin.edu.au 08/01/06 12:00 PM >>> Ah Barry, it's all about protecting our community *grin*
I will also add to the list of nasty horrible things that Aussies do at the airport... we xray ALL incoming luggage for banned imports - ie fruit, flowers etc - that pose biohazard. If you are coming from a farm, get all the mud off your shoes. That said, we are an incredibly friendly bunch in Australia...... ;) M Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen@curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm> +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.aoir.org/>