function validate(){
		var name = document.getElementById('form_name').value;
		var email = document.getElementById('form_email').value;
		var phone = document.getElementById('form_phone').value;
		var suburb = document.getElementById('form_suburb').value;
		var state = document.getElementById('form_state').value;
		var message = document.getElementById('form_message').value;
		var hear = document.getElementById('form_announce').value;
		
		var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/;
		if(reg.test(email)==false) {
			alert("Please specify an valid email address");
			return false;
		}
		
		if (name=='' || name=='Name' || email=='' || email=='Email' || phone=='' || phone=='Phone' || suburb=='' || suburb=='Suburb' || state=='' || state=='State' ||message == '' ||  hear=='How Did You Hear About Us?')
			alert('All the fields are mandatory');
		else{
			var ax = new XHConn();
			var f = function(bx) {
				document.getElementById('form').innerHTML = bx.responseText;
				window.location = returnPage;
			}
			ax.connect('ajax/mail.php','POST','name='+name+'&email='+email+'&phone='+phone+'&suburb='+suburb+'&state='+state+'&message='+message+'&hear='+hear, f);
		}
			
		return false;
	}