How to make my parent retrieve misses?

Hi All

I have a problem where Squid is still retrieving files directly rather
then via it's parents.

I DO want it to do this for the .au domain (as it's generally a few
cents per MB cheaper) but all other domains it should still retrieve the
file via the parent.

It's not though:
947785040.430 60100 203.12.235.50 TCP_MISS/200 3154 GET
http://members.theglobe.com/xxxxxxxx/thumbs/8.JPG -
DIRECT/members.theglobe.com image/jpeg

Any suggestions on what I may have misconfigured would be most
appreciated.

Relevant parts of my configurations follow:
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cache_peer proxy1.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130 weight=3
cache_peer proxy2.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130 weight=2
cache_peer proxy.syd.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130 no-query default

neighbor_type_domain proxy1.mel.connect.com.au sibling .au
neighbor_type_domain proxy2.mel.connect.com.au sibling .au
neighbor_type_domain proxy.syd.connect.com.au sibling .au

hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? .cgi .pl .ocean.com.au

acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? .ocean.com.au .cgi .pl
no_cache deny QUERY

acl local-servers dst 203.12.234.0/24
always_direct allow local-servers
always_direct deny all

prefer_direct off
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Having just viewed the above again perhaps I've made a mistake in using
the "." character in my acl or my hierarchy_stoplist?

Thanks

Jon

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Jonathan Benson
Systems Administrator
Ocean Internet
http://www.ocean.com.au/