A lot of contests are limited to certain countries and Australia seems to get screwed all the time. I remember when Adobe announced the release of the last Creative Suite and it was more expensive as an Australian to fly to the United States, buy a copy, and fly back than to buy it in Australia.
I love the accent though, so you got that going for you.
Haha, absolutely. You only have to Google the terms, "Australia tax" to see a detailed history of Australians being ripped off in comparison to everyone else in the world. At least we have kangaroos and deadly spiders going for us as well, not sure that actually helps alleviate the pain of exclusion.
Good luck in the contest, you'll have to do a nice little write-up if you win a CPU because that would be fantastic.