goldtop0
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I have freinds from down under and I know how hard it is to source gear from here. The crazy insane upcharges and markup prices are absurd!!!!! When some would come up and stay at my place, they would just lose their minds in the many well stocked music stores in my area!! I remember buying suitcases for all the Fender guitars they bought. They would remove the necks and pack up the disassembled guitars in the suitcases.
I did learn to speak Strine pretty well though. I had hoped to spend some time down there and really wanted to go to New Zealand and New Guinea. Was a dream that didn't happen. My wife spent a year in New South Wales so there was that at least.
We're a little different to the Aussies.........not as broad of an accent, a bit more refined, plus NZ's a lot easier to get around and more picturesque............more greenery trees and mountains and forests etc.
Now that was a good way to do it taking the strats back KD.......knocked down...........call 'em spare parts. I've been to Papua New Guinea, back in April of '74 when they were heading towards their independence. Only place in the world that I actually worried about my safety..........the native tribespeople can be pretty bloodthirsty.