Sarge
Sorry I didn't answer sooner. Sorry to see you go. I've been suffering down in Oz for the past 2 weeks, I am also in NSW, travelling between Seven Mile Beach (because it is) and the Hunter Valley. If I had seen your message sooner, I'd have looked for you (If you are here already), but am going back to the great white north tomorrow. I agree, the 35 degree (+) and the view are really painful to put up with…make me suffer more!!!
Really, the only problems I've had here are driving on the left and the screwed up sense of directions (and the weirdly tilted moon!). Hope you enjoy your time in Oz, come back to the site from time to time, and I'll come see you on my next visit.
BTW, there is an Aussie money tracking site, but it is illegal here to mark bills: