An extremely early start (I think 5am) and head to meet our fellow travellers and our guide Jordan, and the 4WD truck which was to be our home for the next three days. A group of about 14-15 people. Evs and I jumped in the front seat and started off an excitable chat with the tour guide. Stop en route for an egg and bacon roll at a roadhouse (egg cheese for me). One of the girls in the tour had a bad back so I swapped seats with her, and got to hang out with so...

Lazy start to the morning. Another amazing breakfast at Hom Cafe, including the obligatory Berocca! Headed out for a wander through the smith street mall, saw the old town hall ruined in the cyclone, quite a bit of aboriginal art and sculpture around, and also the site of the first Overland Telegraph Pole! And then on down to the Waterfront for some relaxing in the sun and the water. No crocs in this sectioned off area. very hot, very relaxing and very, very te...

I arrived at Sydney airport last night and headed to the lounge bar to top up the Dutch courage before boarding the 4hr 40min flight to Darwin where I will be meeting up with my buddy evelin for a 10 day tour of the outback with Wayoutback Safaris. Many white wines consumed on the plane, watched most of the hobbit on an ipad - awesome idea. I was fairly drunk by the time we landed around 0130 - 0200hrs. It was a million degrees when I stepped off the plane, it f...