Oh, I was so hoping this was yours - it felt like it should be, and it was one of the only fics that I got a definite sense of that with -but then I never have faith in my own judgement on these things, so I just hoped.
My tears were all happy ones, I assure you, and for that no apology is necessary, because I thank you SO much for them. Your story made me so happy. And honestly, some days I gape too. But yes, the joy was that it didn't have to be an Aussie story, it WAS just a setting, but in being set here, it had that extra layer of comfort and familiarity. Because your Harry and Draco were familiar, and so was their setting - and it was like a big warm cuddly blanket of H/D goodness.
Oooh, potatoes.. I'm going to be up that way near the end of August - staying with a friend in Bowral, but going over to the 'Gong because the sister in law has organised a sky dive for my brother's 40th - so we get to stand on a beach and hopefully watch him parachute safely to earth. I told her to put the ticket in a bowl of petunias and include a stuffed whale. >.>
But back to the wonderful fic.. oh hell, I've run out of things to say. I loved it. Truly- that deep, heartfelt, glorious satisfaction of a fic well read. *hugs*