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well I finally had my first visit to Australia, and was lucky enough to have a couple of nights in Melbourne. Went to see:

Arj Barker - Very good show
Best of the Fringe - Mixed bunch, my wife reckoned David Ifft was the best, but I think Tom Stade stole the show.
Jason Chong - Minoroty retort - tiny venue, but Jason has great stage presence, and quite a funny act. He could do with dropping the bit with the transformers helmet though
Rob Hunter - Is Shoes? - Rob has some excellently written material, but no stage presence, timing or delivery. If he was writing for someone else, he'd be worth a few quid, but if he's looking for Fame, the really needs to work on it
Jason Byrne - Possibly the funniest show I've ever been to since Dead&ASlive was touring

Would love to have seen tripod and Rove, but they're not playing for another week or so. Managed to buy so much comedy material that I have been unable to get over here, it was like going to Mecca for me.

Wish I could have stayed longer on my first, but definatley not last, trip to australia.