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Hi Ben. What brings you back to Australia now?
I was asked. How do I put this delicately? That island mentality of sailors getting on their boats, going off to find new lands and coming back with the good news is fairly embedded in Australian culture. I feel like I’ve been away for a very, very, very long time, but from another point of view, I left yesterday. I’m not really sure what the expectation is there or what it means. But I’m looking forward to it.
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