I'm sick and tired of living in interesting times.
I knew I should have copyrighted that saying when I first put it up on Qrewroom!
Still, I've been known to steal the occasional quote off others so no harm done!
Fascinating reading about the Oz base though. I don't think it's for me (too close to a QF command...maybe...perhaps....who knows) but the lack of schooling and accommodation and so on does address the issue that I had in the back of my mind as to why EK would bother with an Oz base. I always figured that for the money they'd have to offer that it'd be cheaper to slip crew rather than base them.
Interesting times indeed!