With a cheap freelance sound and lighting crew from rhodesia and precious little to go on no interviews secured , no locations scouted , no telephone numbers to work with , no permits we were dispatched to the airport .
Residents of the small australian town of murwillumbah woke up to the news in local newspaper the tweed daily news that " avatar " director james cameron had scouted local rainforests as a location for a sequel to the box-office hit .