I flew into Cairns yesterday morning, having got up at stupid 4.45am! And even at that time Darwin was warm and humid. Cairns feels cooler - it's only about 29 degrees and really cloudy today. Yesterday I walked about and booked up my scuba diving course! I am so so so so excited - it starts tomorrow (Friday) and if I like it and pass the tests then I will be staying on a boat on the Great Barrier Reef on Sunday and Monday nights and doing nine dives, includi...

Still not my picture!! Emily left Australia yesterday, and is now in Singapore and Malaysia. So I am on my own now! Eeeeeeeeek! On Sunday Emily and I set off for Myilly Point, a National Trust precinct of houses that survived Cyclone Tracy, and walked past it and round it and under it and never found it! We gave up looking, and had lunch in the casino of all places (it's scary how many people are just sat infront of the machines pressing buttons looking bor...

Again, not my picture, but very possibly a termite mound that we saw in Litchfield NP. Can't find a PC that will let me put my pictures up from Kununurra and Darwin yet, but will keep trying. On Thursday evening (after I last updated this) Emily and I went to the Mindil Beach sunset market with Judith, our Dutch roommate. The markets were really busy and when it was sunset the beach was absolutely packed with people. I have never seen so many people in one place...

I would just like to point out that the photo above is not my picture but it belongs to the website - I have no intention of ever getting that close to a thorny devil! We arrived in Darwin last night and finally have mattresses again. Oh yes. Yesterday saw the exciting event of the Ceremonial Chucking of the Roll Mat which was a very happy occasion for all. I am writing from inside Parliament House, n the Northern Territory Library where the air conditioning ...

Not much to write today, as we have been having couple of lazy days. Today is really hot so the air conditioning in the internet cafe is great! (It's quite good in here - they have a big screen showing music videos from the good old days - it's My Heart Will Go On at the moment!) The staircase on Thursday evening was not as good as on Wednesday - as the tide was in so the water was moving and therefore there was not a still column of light forming a staircase, ju...