Bruce,
I too enjoyed reading your travelouge---so much so that now I'm almost late for work Thanks for taking the time to put it together. Wow--those tree ferns really are so impressive!
...and you must be a very patient person to bring a whole group around--I would have been freaking out at the airport with the lost ticket---Austrailia ---->US don't come so cheap!
Ok---better get to work now...