Australia, ‘Down Under’, is a place to which people have been attracted by a vision of a different future, a future where human beings could relate to each other differently to the old order in their society of origin. De Quiros, the Portuguese explorer of the 16th Century, set out on a quest for ‘Terra Austrialia del Espiritu Santo’, South Land of the Holy Spirit. We could pause for a moment and thank God. For our land abounding in nature’s gifts of beauty rich and rare. For the divine Spirit of Pentecost attracting us to follow Jesus in this Great South Land of the Holy Spirit.