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A round trip "home"? To an Australian a round trip home would involve a starting and an ending point in Australia; is that what you mean?I It's a century and a half since Australians have used that term about England, but it's interesting that you don't. My Pommy and Scottish ancestors lobbed...

To indicate how haphazard Qantas' policy is, a family member and I had no SCs at all at the outset, went on a business-class international flight in the DSC days, which took us both to Gold, in December 2018. My anniversary date was January, so duly I was reduced to Silver in Jan 2020; while my...

Quite so. Billy Moore is famous for being the first to use and popularise the cry "Queenslander!" during a State of Origin game. I well remember seeing him play for Queensland at Lang Park.

Why then is Victoria always after the State of Origin, and paying a fortune for it? Why was the first game this year to be played in Adelaide? To respond to your first sentence, NRL got the first exemption because they were the first to apply, because the sport employs a hell of a lot of...

We have a tour booked for August, paid this year, with a hefty deposir paid to another prominent Australian travel agent. Many thanks for that. Westpac (Black) was not so obliging, requiring me to wait more than three months before they would do anything. Unacceptable.

VA as DJ was not the best but not hopeless, as has been proven by its later success. Virgin Blue challenged QF, and VA was just as good - especially after Sydney John left the scene

Why, exactly? VA did not do so, but why do you term their breaking a record and having the gall to mention it as stupid?

I'm interested in the five dots, but what do they mean? Three dots constitute an ellipsis, which is slightly different from a dash, but do five actually mean anything?

They were, John; that's when I cancelled ours, several weeks ago. Not that I was going to Thailand, or Siam as it was once far more melodiously termed.

Well, you arrived on St Patrick's Day, and all bets were off on April Fool''s Day. Mind you if NSW was involved, you'd be best to wait a week while Gladioli catches up.

I always thought Antarctica would be hard to beat as a spectacle. I finally got the chance to see if I was right in November 2018.

I e, the taxpayer is.

Whatever gave you the impression it was closed?

Quite so.

The boondocks, eh, skip? I've been looking for them in Brisbane since 1965, when Billiy Joe Royal sang about them; never found them sadly. How inspiring do you expect a hotel room to be?

One wonders when you find the time; 1500+ ?

Dreadful place, Singapore; makes Townsville or Darwin sound chilly.

Houses do, and most Australians still live in houses.

It is difficult to sympathise with some people; first you have to be a non-fixed pension; If you're not you do not a get a brass razoo.