Oh it would be SO awesome to go to Australia to visit Ray & Sheyne! A blast we'd have indeed. I've never been to Australia. In fact, I've never left the continent!
And yes, I am in Canada! (Nicole R. is too. She's in Ontario). I'm in Newfoundland currently, going to UNI. I don't know where I'll be next year. Probably still in NFLD, getting another degree, but who knows!
Sheyne, just a warning; you mentioned coming in Dec. or Jan., pretty much all of Canada will be covered in snow then, and fairly cold. Well, maybe not so much in western Canada, but almost everywhere! But Canada is amazing, I love it here, such a beautiful country.