(1) I believe John Long's email address is long@museum.wa.gov.au

(2) Did the City Fathers of Salt Lake City spring for your trip - like they did for the IOC? P-)

(3) Look forward to your Ozslang contributions. It's a hobby of mine as well - and well supported by many on the AWAD board. Jackie or Helen ("oftroy") sent me a good URL of a site with heaps of good old Aussie slang - ladies can you repeat the favour? (My favourite was "as flash as a rat with a gold tooth")

(4) (for anybody that's interested) WA claims the best 3D fish fossils in the world and we've adopted one as our state fossil emblem. John Long described the species from Gogo Station and named it for his colleague and fellow fish freak Ken McNamara. Full details at http://www.dpc.wa.gov.au/emblems/gogo.html

cheers

stales