While on the topic of birthdays

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Have any others here seen this story (link at end of message - 
otherwise that banner will hide part of it)- an American family on 
holiday in North Wueensland, Australia, spent more than AU$ 20 000 
(around US$10 000, I think) on their son's 13th birthday, making it a 
Harry Potter recreation?  The whole thing included flying letters, 
letter-delivering owls, steam-trains, actors playing Hagrid, Ron, 
Hermione, Professor Dumbledore, and there was a recreated Great 
Hall.  Apparently the event ended with a pyrotechnic display of some 
battle between Harry and Voldemort. The story was linked from the-
leaky-cauldron.org today.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4744864%255E2,00.html