>and as for the Australians calling it bush when their trees are higher than the ones I grew up with..

But that's par for the course with Prisoners of Mother England, surely? After all, Poms call things "mountains" that would barely rate as hills here in NZ, with the UK's highest point being a slight bump about 6 inches above sea level, if I remember correctly. Given that, it's hardly surprising that your sense of scale is out of whack. As an aside, would people please stop posting things that make me defend the schlubs on the wrong side of the Tasman?