cool I am so happy for you. I am sure you will find it a fascinating city not only from a coffee point of view. The cuisine is also fabulous. Have fun and don't forget to update us all on your adventures.!

Cherry, thanks for adding me to your list - have a great weekend - Steve (just sitting here drinking my first coffee of the day.

Melbourne and Sydney should probably be your first points of contact. Much of the modern specialty coffee and cafe movement came out of Melbourne and was fusion-ised somewhat in Sydney. There is a very good book on the cafes of Sydney, "Sydney Good Coffee Guide" (or similar name) available from Dymocks Bookstores anywhere in Australia. Can recommend a few places if you like

Good luck for Australia, where will you be visiting? Sydney, Melbourne, Perth? There are plenty of BX'ers down there... do a search and see if you can link up. You should also look up Mango Queen... queen of the lever machine, right there in Taiwan!