Oh, good luck with the exam results. You did the HSE right? Everything I know about Australia comes from Looking For Alibrandi. Which I love, because the main charcter has my name.
I never read Emily of New Moon (which I should, except uni means NO TIME TO DO ANYTHING BUT CATER TO ITS WHIMS) but I really liked Jane of Lantern Hill.

This conversation is going way too long, so I'll just friend you and maybe we can continue it elsewhere. (I hate it when livejournal smooshes the comment threads. Annoying!)