Wow, thank you, so much, all.
I would love to take you all up on your kind offers! I have no problem with long drives. I've been doing the Canberra-Sydney haul and back for 8 years so have become conditioned to long distance driving.
I will keep an eye out for events. Or, is there an email list that gets sent around close to event time that I can get in on?
Just waiting for my gear to arrive... hopefully today.
H