I haven't updated for a while, mainly due to a lack of doing anything particularly noteworthy. However, that's all about to change! Today is my last day in Darwin. More on my future plans later.... I've just worked out that when I leave tomorrow, I will have been Darwin for one day short of 2 months. Which is far too long, really, but I've got mixed feelings about leaving now. One the one hand, I'm aware that spending 2 months in a smallish town without doing wor...

Good morning everyone - time for an update. I'm still in Darwin, although hopefully not for much longer. Anyway... at the end of the last update, I'd just come back from Kakadu. After spending another couple of nights at the hostel, I realised that I was bored there and decided to move to another one right in the middle of everything. After spending about 20 minutes there, I managed to meet two girls from Belfast (it's a small world), so I went out with them and ...

Good day to everyone! Time for another update. The last week or so has been pretty busy (which is unusual for me). After realising that I didn't really have anyone around to talk to, given that my new Japanese friend had just left, I decided to splash out on a tour. So I booked a 3 day trip to Litchfield and Kakadu National Parks, photos of which can be seen in the usual place. The tour was really good. As you can see in the photos, we started by visiting some ab...

Hello everyone! Time for another thrilling journal entry. I'm in Darwin now, but before I get ahead of myself I guess I should describe my last week in Perth. The hostel wasn't as bad as I feared it might have been. I buddied up with one of the guys in my room and a couple of Dutch girls, so I wasn't lonely. We went out at the weekend - paid $10 each and got an absolutely huge bar tab, so naturally we all took full advantage and I went to bed at about 7am. They k...