Work finished, we've been on the road for the past week and are now in scorching hot Alice Springs. My brain has totally switched off and i find myself unable to even read a map. quite fortunate since there is pretty much only one road anyway. the drivings been pretty full on, like all every day and we've been camping out in the bush, the best campsite so far has been at Lake Moondarra just outside Mount Isa, just our vans, the full moon reflected in the lake, ...

Being in Darwin is like being in a steam oven with your head wrapped up in clingfilm so you can't breathe. Its so hot. Poor pale little me. Its not at all how I'd expected it. I knew about Cyclone Tracey but didn't realise it had wiped out the entire city, so every building here is post 1974. Huge hotels, apartment blocks, out of town garages. I swear there are more places to buy cars here than there are people. I pitured it a bit late 1800s, wooden b...