Still no news from my New Zealand friend. I am guessing he managed to catch an earler flight and was not able to ring beforehand. Just a guess on my behalf. With some luck I will managed to see him on the way back in a few weeks.

Escape in News.COM.AU has an article on some of the offbeat, unusual strange travel destinations at the moment. This includes the SEX AND THE CITY TOUR in NY, DA VINCI CODE WALKING TOUR in PARIS, COOKING IN TUSCANY in FLORENCE and JACK THE RIPPER TOUR in LONDON. Sounds like a cool tour to take world wide.

Telstra’s competitors are currently analysing their plan to roll out fibre to the hubs . Presently Telstra have said they will only do this if they are not forced to share. The competitors are saying that Telstra will do it anyway.