OK, I shall now get completely up to date by telling you all about my trip from Alice to Cairns. I wasn't expecting too much of the trip, given that we had to drive about 2300 km in 3 days on a big bus, but I figured it would be better than flying or getting the Greyhound, and for the same price. Turns out I was pretty much right. I left Alice at about 6am (the early starts were beginning to take their toll by now) along with the other 24 people on the bus. The f...