- Opening crawl: Australia 1840... Melbourne was already a cosmopolitan city, with an Italian Opera company, a race track and a gay social life. It's thirty thousand residents, however, were always three months behind in keeping up with the news of the rest of the world - since that was the time required for a ship to arrive from England.
- [in spite of Chris and Dan's precautions, they are both knocked unconscious by a man hiding in their hotel room]
- Dan Ledward: You were right, Chris, your bloke came last night.
- Christopher Cobb: He came, he saw and he conquered - and he got my wallet... all my papers and about 85 pounds.