You havent read it??!!!!!!

Sprinks its really good! I like Lirael best out of the series.

and yes you should read them when you go east!!!
I'd also recommend the The Black Magicians trilogy by Trudi Canavan and definitely The Bitterbynde Saga by Cecila Dart Thornton.
I'm regreating not heading over a week earlier (but i could get that time off) because i would deffo have taken a trip over west, to Perth, because my favourite Medium David Wells is on tour!!!
I think you are the second Aussie to appear!