No, not much radio related material here but I figured it might be of some passing interest.
I do have some Aussie radio material here , radio station jingles. I have a bunch of radio station airchecks as mp3s I taped back in 1986, if anyome wants a copy I can email it, no charge.

The pub I mistook for an adult movie house, with the XXXX signs

Some rural spots


And the only place we saw kangaroos was at the Zoo

See the sign above the tram in Melbourne? That is not a misprint - they actually expect you to turn right from the nearside lane! The trick is to wait close to the pedestrian crossing on the left and then do a mercy dash across the road when the lights go red.

Such daring (read: suicidal) maneouvres do not work in Sydney where most people seem content on running red lights.

Also, XXXX is how Queenslanders spell the word 'beer'. XXXX (pronounced Fourex) and West End are the popular beers in South Australia and the Northern Territory. If anyone drank Tooheys or Victoria Bitter there they'd probably get bashed.

Man, we have Kangaroos by the truck load, they lay on my front verandah at night. You much have spent too much time in the air

Added a few more pictures.to my web page, one of which below

Our tour guide told us that Aussie kids call this place an American embassy.

Wa2wise so you liked Aussie ?? you went to where Queensland ?

Airzone is right -- plenty of Roos about ! acres of them, if you know where to go!

Its not bad here Wa2wise but to expensive by a mile to live , nice place if you won the lottery lol, apart from that, its very expensive & over rated!

I would not spend my retired years here, for a million quid, no way - you just pay bills ---till you die ! not much future in that lol!

The way the Commonwealth Government is going with the carbon tax and the unconstitutional mining supertax we'll all be bankrupt by this time next year.

Whilst Juliar Gillard seems content with the belief that the government is only taxing wealthy miners and polluters the reality is that all those costs get passed onto us and not when we buy luxuries but when we pay the things that normal working people pay for, like quarterly bills and food.

When the meter reader pays a visit to The Lodge, well... we pay for that too, don't we...

Hi Steve, we were in Cairns, and we took a boat ride to the Great Barrier Reef. I understand Cairns is a casino town now, back in 1986 it was a small town, at least the parts we saw. I remember seeing a building with a sign "4AM" which I found out is a radio station. I brought a cassete radio recorder and taped "airchecks" of various radio stations in all the towns we visited.

Australia was a nice vacation, friendly people (heard it's one of the few places in the world where they actually like Americans) I suppose that the cost of living is highest in the big cities, and lower in the small towns. And lower yet in rural areas. Maybe almost nothing in the Outback? Aside from the electric bill for the air conditioning.

We have similar politics up here, arguements over natural gas fracking and whatnot. Conservitives and liberals... I don't follow it much, I'm not that good at politics anyway.. Know radios a lot better.

Air conditioning in the outback more often than not consists of evaporative air conditioners more than those powered by compressed refrigerant. There's almost no humidity so sucking moisture through bamboo filters is much cheaper with comfort levels remaining high. Of course this is only practical where the station has a bore to supply water to cool the filters.

Australians and Americans tend to receive each other fairly well. Even though we have historical ties to Great Britain we are more likely to pay out on the Poms because Australia has several sporting rivalries with them. Cricket is at the top of the list and The Ashes is coming up in a month or so and is Cricket's most coveted prize. This would be followed by Rugby League, then Rugby Union.

There are more bitter rivalries right here at home though. Last night the world watched a Rugby League tournament called State of Origin, which has been played between the two League-playing states since 1980. The third match of the series is in three weeks and is a deciding rubber - whoever wins that match wins the series. With regard to State of Origin footy - the two teams are from New South Wales and Queensland and the annual three-match series arguably the toughest on the players. WAI2SE, you may be old enough to remember a State of Origin exhibition match played in Los Angeles in 1987. Being a one-off fourth match, the result did not count towards series results. The Australian Rugby League battled to find a suitable ground over there as most Gridiron pitches are synthetic and Rugby League pitches are a few metres wider. During the time State of Origin is played, it is quite acceptable (and more or less expected) than anyone wearing an opposing jersey is fair game - they aren't bashed but they do cop some stick.

Go the Mighty Blues in Origin III !!!

Our biggest political issue here at the moment is the carbon tax. You cannot listen to any major radio talk show without that subject being raised. It is about as popular as Maggie Thatcher's poll tax proposal in the 1980s though until now we have avoided burning down cities as a protest method. With regard to politics Australians are definitely more cultured than our English cousins.

As for Cairns, it's a big provincial city these days. They have a big airport too. The population is around 150,000.

Cairns I recall in 1978 thats going back awhile - good small town, then it was encompassed with lots of ''over friendly women of small virtues '' which I thought was a damn good thing at the time!
It was ok, it was a hot sticky joint , the humidity would stick to you, like shit to a blanket - but it was ok overall ! you got used to it!

Tully was another place up that way, it just never stopped raining ! I must agree with Brad as to the inhabitants of ''Mother England '' yes the Aussies are somewhat more refined -- ay guvna!!!