Preamble

Australia: The primary non-NSW Australian catchment would be: Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide (shown in yellow below). To do each, a flight, 1-2 nights of accommodation, some expenses is needed. With that on hand, it is possible to negotiate a venue from someone local, and then set dates. Estimated cost of each is around AUD 500 / EUR 373, as of 20100912.

NSW: In addition, primary NSW catchment would be Sydney, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Gosford, Wollongong. Most of these are closer than flights. Sydney is done (but could be done again). Note that these are much smaller centres, around 250k each, so might not tap a large group of Assurers. In below, all NSW locations are shown in pink.

The 5 biggest cities shown below will reach 53%, the first 10 cities will reach 60% of Australia.

Cities

Rank Urban Centre
Locality 		State Population
as of 2001
'000		 comments
1 Sydney NSW 3,502 probably 4 centers
2 Melbourne VIC 3,162 flight, $78 (2n) $202
3 Brisbane QLD 1,508 flight, $246
4 Perth WA 1,177 flight, $566
5 Adelaide SA 1,002 flight, $266, Cumulative total 10351k (53%)
6 Gold Coast QLD-NSW 422
7 Canberra ACT-NSW 325 home
8 Newcastle NSW 280 north of Sydney
9 Gosford NSW 255 on way to Newcastle
10 Wollongong NSW 229 south of Sydney, Cumulative total 11862k (60%)
11 Sunshine Coast QLD 170
12 Geelong VIC 130
13 Hobart TAS 126 flight?
14 Townsville QLD 120
15 Cairns QLD 110
16 Toowoomba QLD 89
17 Ballarat VIC 73
18 Darwin NT 71 flight?
19 Albury NSW-VIC 70
20 Bendigo VIC 69
21 Launceston TAS 68
22 Rockingham WA 61
23 Rockhampton QLD 59
24 Mackay QLD 58
25 Maitland NSW 53 next to Newcastle
26 Mandurah WA 47
27 Bunbury WA 45
27 Bandaburg QLD 45
29 Wagga Wagga NSW 44 west of Canberra, half way to albury/Wodonga
30 Port Maquarie NSW 38 half way to coffs harbour
31 Hervey Bay QLD 36
31 Shepparton VIC 36
33 Tamworth NSW 33
34 Melton VIC 32
34 Orange NSW 32
36 Dubbo NSW 31
37 Kalgoorlie WA 28
37 Mildura VIC 28
39 Gladstone QLD 27
39 Lismore NSW 27
39 Bathurst NSW 27
39 Warambool VIC 27
43 Coffs Harbour NSW 26
43 Richmond NSW 26
45 Sunbury VIC 25
45 Geraldton WA 25
45 Alice Springs NT 25
46 Mount Gambier SA 23
47 Albany WA 22
47 Devonport TAS 22
48 Whyalla SA 21
48 Goulburn NSW 21 near Canberra
49 Broken Hill NSW 20
50 Katoomba NSW 18 mark?
51 Warrangata VIC 16
52 Port Augusta SA 13
52 Murray Bridge SA 13
53 Lithgow NSW 11 mark?
54 Esperance WA 9
. Total (On List) (8) 14,108 Source: Demographia and ABS.
. Total (All Australia) . 19,600 Source 2001 Census

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