'I'll never leave Australia again,' says hurricane survivor. 03/09/2005. ABC News Online

I'll never leave Australia again,' says hurricane survivor. 03/09/2005. ABC News Online: "It was supposed to be a dream holiday, but Australian Karen Marks ended up stranded in a New Orleans nightmare.

'I don't think I'll ever leave Australia again,' the 25-year-old secretary from Melbourne said as she sat in the stench of the New Orleans Convention Centre, which shelters the city's destitute and others stranded by Hurricane Katrina.