Greetings- my name is Andi, and as my profile mentions, I'm currently living in the US but moving to Qld before the end of the year with my husband Dean, an Australian. I'm American. We've been making efforts to create connections with other Qld'ers, especially since we intend to buy land as soon as possible when we arrive in Qld. We'd like to live near like minded folks, so the more people we know the better. In that vein, I'd like to share links to a couple other Yahoo groups that might be of interest to members of this group:
Self Sufficiency Australia:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Self-SufficiencyAustralia

Sustainable Living Australia:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slaus

Both groups deal with living sustainably. The first is relatively active and discussions range from chicken care to making your own soap. The second group I started, it's very quiet but the links section make the group worth while- there are numerous helpul links collected there on every topic relating to sustainable living.

Good to be here- hope to see some activity!

By the way, Kim, my brother in law lives just down the road from you in Greenbank- we'll be living with him temporarily when we arrive in Qld, so we'll all be neighbors!