Hey Expat, you oughta drop into Rices Bookshop (was at the West End of Hunter St) and see if you can get a hold of some Bill Bryson. It might help you understand Oz a little better. He seemed to have figured it out. If you don't think you need any more therapy it's still a great cack. "Down Under" and "Notes from a Big Country" were his Oz based yarns I think.