> Yes a caravan of travellers sounds good. A party in Hobart sounds unmissable - I'll have to check out the price of air
fares. Not sure about the snow though - we're still waiting for the Summer sunshine here!

Hmmmm...... An odyssey sounds very apt. An odyssey of journeymen. It rolls off the tongue well, don't you think? 'fraid I'll have to turn down the antipodean expedition, Paul. I'm heading off to sunny CUBA in two weeks time!!