To my fellow travellers: Jane Adams, Sara Adey, Susan Anthony, Sally Baker, Geraldine Brooks, Nathalie Brown, Roxanne Brown, Julia Chalkley, Susan Chenery, Judith Cruden, Keith Dale, Leigh Dale, Norelle Feehan, Mary Gorman, Jill Hager, Catherine Harper, Lisa Highton, Jennifer Hillier, Deborah Hope, Tony Horwitz, Susan Johnson, Bruce Kraig, Julianne Kodmur, Lindsey Leathhart, Marylou Leddy, Andrew McCathie, Margaret McCluskey, Wendy Machin, Matthew Martin, Francesca Meks-Taylor, Angela Nansen, Armando Percuoco, John Piggott, Bill Pownall, Victoria Richardson, Steve Ross, Victoria Rubensohn, Denise Salvestro, Putch Stenning, Michael Symons, Katherine Thompson, Keith Todd, Paolo Totaro, Mary Travers, Rosemary Unsworth, Victoria Walker, Judith Whelan, Peter Wilenski; and Susan Williams, who was there when I decided to write this book and still there when I finished it.