Re: auditions

Christopher Jahn wrote:
> But I know this because I live in the US, a place where we're
> taught the local geography.  Now that you've decided that
> everyone should know local geography everywhere, name the
> Australian states that do NOT touch the Pacific Ocean and the
> Candian states that DO NOT share a border with the United
> States.

Ok, for the record, Australian states not touching the Pacific are:
1. South Australia (on the Southern Ocean); and 
2. Western Australia, which is on the Southern Ocean and the Indian.  

The Northern Territory is, for now, a territory, not a full state, and
it doesn't border the Pacific.  The Australian Capital Territory is a
landlocked little body of land in New South Wales, about the size of
Israel (for a bit of scale).  It does, however, touch the Pacific as it
has a small adjunct at Jervis Bay, which was mandated by the consitution
in 1901 (crazily, the constitution is an Act of British Parliament) as a
new capital was desired, and they wanted it to have a port and be within
an independent administrative zone.

The state of Tasmania arguably does not touch the Pacific, as it is in
the grey area (manner of speech, not literally guys) between the
Southern and Pacific oceans.

Sorry I took a while to pick up on this one, I was in Chris's neck of
the woods - I'll drop by for a beer next time, which should be in the
coming weeks.

Thomas.