The Tidy Towns Finalists (Damian Callinan, Andrew McClelland and Angela Thompson) are the self styled cultural custodians guarding the gateway to all things ‘Australiana.’ What makes a Big Thing a Big Thing? Why are the opening hours to local history museums so capricious? What governing body decides which town can call itself the Cherry Capital of Australia? Each week the TTF’s will take these and other seemingly trivial ponderables and turn them into issues of national importance. You, our constituents, are welcome to gather around the Whirling Furphy and gather droplets of our wisdom and ask of us what you will