Dear Dick, You realise, of course, that this means war? Alice Springs is not in Western Australia - it is in the Northern Territory. The purpose of the boat races on the Todd River are to allow the locals to drink beer. Apparently this has alcohol in it and it enables them to feel better about living in the Northern Territory. Some of them do try to escape to West Australia but they are generally turned back at bayonet point on the border. Uncle Dick ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.