Hi all, my name is Troy. I live on the Sunshine Coast in Australia and own from new a 900 Monster Dark, 2002 model.
The bike has always been a great ride and extremely reliable, having travelled from Queensland to Western Australia a couple of times and seen most of our coast line. Although being parked up for the last 2 yrs now requires some TLC to bring it back to premium riding condition again, this appears to be a great place to start.
I look forward to learning from others experiences and getting to know some people also.

Welcome Troy
You've come to the right place.
A great community of Monster enthusiasts.

Welcome - there's a decent number of Aussies that haunt this board. There's even a local section
http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?board=52.0
- Though it's for the whole, rather large, country. But I'd wager there's a few folks nearer you.

The 900 should have no trouble bouncing back. It's a tough engine. As long as you take care of those TLC items it should be just fine.