Wow, thanks so much DrH ... I feel very humbled by this recognition.
As I've probably mentioned previously on the forum (I certainly have to whoever met me face-to-face on the DownUnder Tour), many months back when I first set out plans to follow Leonard and the band around Aus and NZ, I guess it was pretty much motivated by a bit of a selfish desire to witness as much as I could of what could be Our Man's last visit to this part of the world. But as time went on, I got to thinking about how much more fun and satisfying it would be to try to "bring along" any forum-fans (and eventually other online-fans) as I went. The concert reports, travelogues and other stray observations that I've posted have been my attempt to allow anyone in the world to, in some small way, relive what I witnessed at these amazing series of shows. Hopefully they might also serve as a bit of a time capsule, allowing those who were at the performances -- or those who wish they were -- to remember what was unique about them. And if any of the UHTC ever stumbled across the posts or the blog ... well my hope is that what I've assembled might help them warmly remember the whole Down Under experience (well, ok, a certain tour manager might look at
http://lcdownunder2010.wordpress.com/20 ... er-sports/ and feel a little like he's being stalked ... that wasn't the intention, honest!)
Anyway ... I guess that's all just a very long-winded way of saying that for me there's a lot of satisfaction just in having written the posts and shared them with the forum ... so getting this recognition from DrH is really the icing on the cake!
Thanks again to all who I've met (and corresponded with) along the way -- it's your warmth and enthusiasm who has kept me going (well, there was copious amounts of caffeine involved as well, but nobody ever seems to mention that in acceptance speeches
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Dean (from Adelaide) OL
Moreover, it's nice that you've made us ("down under") justifiably proud of what you've done for, not only us, but also the whole worldwide Cohenite family who could vicariously participate in these concerts via your reports. 
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