As you'd expect there is virtually no decent reporting by the media in Oz about the events in Japan. I've been watch in http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/ which seems to give plenty of information and explanation of events.
We'll be visiting Venice again - just love the place, so why not? At the moment we have nowhere to stay in the UK, which is the same situation as last year. Property managers don't know what properties will be available for renting until someone gives one months notice which means we won't know until the end of April at best. We dusted off the tent just in case ...
It's better to travel than arrive ... then again ...