Had a great few weeks in Darwin. Spent a lot of time after Kakadu just resting and chilling out as the last 21 days on Adventure tours had been very tiring. There is a very good backpacker bar called The Vic where they do free meals, usually chips or rice with curry or chicken. They also play a lot of backpacker games, which always start of tame and get worse during the evening, and each night has a theme. I spent most of my nights there as pretty much every back...

Just arrived back from Kakadu. Yesterday we started the tour by getting an aboriginal blessing before entering Kakadu that would protect us from getting hurt. We got dropped off in the middle of a forest and told to follow our aboriginal guide down a track. He stopped at the billabong and hit the water a few times with a big stick to scare away any crocodiles. He then filled a can with water and brought it back. He showed us a few of the leaves and plants they ea...

We went to Annie's on our first evening in Alice Springs. With our tour guide we could get a meal for $5 but the meals were very small. We stayed there for a long time as it is one of the only bars in the town. Gemma, Carla and I met 4 locals. Carla was very happy because 3 of them were firemen and were actually her height. The other was a policeman and told us lots of stories about where not to go in the area. The next morning I met the policeman and went for a...