And cortis, re Indian miners. There's apparently a misunderstanding about the miners (real spelling is mynas). Apparently the Indian imports are nive. Quite, pretty and loved by the Indians -call their sweethearts "mynas." It's the local, aussie lot that are the feral, noisy, flying rats that kill our other native birds and wild life. My sister is in a process of discussion with her council because they (council) went and planted a huge gum tree near her house and the wretched beasties make an unbearable rockus all night and neither she nor anyone else in her family can sleep. She's also a meniers sufferer and this aggravates her problem manyfold! Ba.stards, they are!
