Thanks Bill !!
It's a LOOONNNG way away, but most people just love it .... we have one of your navy vessels down here on shore leave at the moment and in a TV news interview with the crew, their "first port of call" is the local zoo to see the koalas, the wombats and the 'roos.
When Bette Midler toured here in (if I recall correctly) 1978, she went back to the States minus six of her roadies ... they decided to stay on permanently .... Bette put it down to the beer
John, driving on the right hand side of the road is one thing ... but sitting in the left seat just makes it all the more weird ..... I drove once from SFO to San Diego and it isn't something I'd recommend for the faint hearted. The concentration levels required to override your natural driving (RH seat / LS road)instincts really take it out of you.