Collected the van at half 9 this morning and it's MASSIVE! Long bases VW van about 400 times the size of my little Seat Arosa, so driving is going to be interesting! The van is fully equipped with everything from a shower and jacks to plates and glasses to a kitchen sink! Vicky volunteered to do the first stint of driving, so none of the rest of us objected! We drove about 400 km today and stopped off along the way for a really super swim at EdithFalls. We all sw...

After having a few drinks at the market last night and then a few more back in the hostel with a cpl of randomers from Tazzie, Mark, Sheila and I ended up out on a big big session last night. We ended up in the front bar of a club called discovery til the very wee hours and had probably the best night I've had in Darwin. We got up very late and attempted to do our laundry before we leave tomorrow but it took hours because the damn machines kept breaking down, ver...

Had a really good sleep last night and feel much the better for it. I think it's the first full, sober, nights sleep I've had since we arrived in Darwin! I hadn't written my journal to my blog in ages so I spent a few hours updating my site and putting up blogs and pictures. I went up to the kitchen to find Mark in fits of laughter because of the book, Powder, which he's reading. It sounds very sex drugs and rock'n'roll and did I mention sex???? I think I'll have...

We all had a late one last night so none of us rose before midday! Went out to get a sambo and a drink and found a really cheap surf shop where we spent a couple of hours looking around and all of us bought a healthy bag of stuff for half nothing, only problem is not I have to decide what to throw away so the new stuff fits in my bag! Sun bathed again by the spa in the hostel for a few hours and read some more of Bransons autobiography. We got free vouchers for a...

Just back from a great days fishing........ we were shaken out of our beds early this morning by a girl shouting 'help' in the carpark so obviously me fionn and mark jumped to the damzel's aid! Turns out some guy she had travelled up the coast with had grabbed her by the throat and tried to rob her bag. When we went out the 2 of them were pulling out of the bag and the guy was still threatening her. So us, being the complete heroes that we are calmly (!) told th...