Sorry that the blogs have slowed up a bit, but I've been busy. Tonight is the last night of the East Coast tour and it has been are really good tour. Carnarvan Gorge was really lovely and quite a good hike, about 14k. I went running at the campsite there with kangaroos just feet away from me. The night was good as we had a camp fire, Nipples got on the guitar and we enjoyed a bit of a sing along. Then we went off to Croombit Cattle Station, about an 8 hour d...

New tour started on Wednesday. 33 of us on it!!! Have been used to 5-8 people, now we have 2 bus loads! Spent the first night on Magnetic Island. It was a 3 hour drive and half hour ferry ride to get there. We were to do a small hike to a lookout point then return to the hostel to watch the amazing sunset .... hmm! It chucked it down! I decided against the hike preferring to do a run. For once the conditions were near perfect, a light drizzle and really qu...

Arrived safely in Cairns. No so humid here but still a decent 28-30 degrees. Darwin was... er...interesting I think is best way to describe it. Cairns is probably trendier, full of beautiful people. Went for a run along the esplanade this evening along with half of Australia it seemed. Water stations all along the way with fitness centres dotted about too (weight training apperatus like things). Hostel not too good so have decided to stay out as much as pos...

Arrived in Darwin 3 days ago (Tuesday). They call it 'The Top End', Australians are very good at saying it how it is. We are now officially in the tropics and the heat now has humidity which makes it a lot more uncomfortable. Lots of flies AND mosquitos... I have over 30 bites at the moment which is very annoying as everyone else seems to have only one or two!!! Being in Darwin means we are now at the end our the 21 day tour and have completed the Stuarts Highway...

Well, 2 days in Alice Springs is probably more than enough. Didn't do quad biking just too expensive, didn;t hire a car because to be honest it's quite nice to have a break from travelling. So what have I done? Well washing mainly :) It was fate that made us break down on the way in i'm sure as we bumped in to the trainee tour guides on the 'rescue' vehicle when we were having a coffee in town yesterday and they told us about Empire of The Sun concert that n...