Certainly for the forseeable future. Darwin airport has entered the 21st century and also now provides free wireless. This will seriously help me stay awake until my flight boards at 2:45am. I tried to use up all the credit on my Australian Vodafone SIM before I left, but unless I start waking people up, it [...]

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A lot of this is common sense, but I just witnessed an incident so here we go: The people rooting through your bag, x-raying it, asking you questions and running sniffer-sensors round all your zips are doing it for your safety. They’re not nazis, they’re not idiots, they’re not bully-boys. They’re trying to stop the [...]

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I’ve tried to email everyone in Oz that I know who helped me on my way over my three trips. Unfortunately I know I’ll have missed someone so I’m popping this message here. Just a quick email to (hopefully) everyone I know in Oz. And the message is a simple “thank you”. I’ve had a [...]

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Once more, I’m indebted to Hans for this one. He mentioned it in India, and I read it somewhere else again recently. I finally got round to using it today. If your rucksack is torn or your trousers need stitching and you want something tougher than thread… dental floss. It’s surprisingly easy to stitch with, [...]

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Darwin’s become one of those places where I just chill and catch up with people. Spot on as the forcoming few weeks are going to be hectic beyond all belief. As a result, not a lot’s gone on but I may as well bore you all and give you a quick rundown. Katie’s sorted herself [...]

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Friday the 13th – what a day to fly! Which may explain why my flight was moderately empty. It’s also my mum’s birthday, so maybe everyone else was having a party for her. Mel wasn’t in a fit state to drive (or walk, come to mention it) at 6:15am, so Matt drove me to the [...]

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My last full day in Perth and I didn’t do a whole heck of a lot except work on the 1000 Mile Walk page, eat food and watch telly. Until 7pm when I headed for the train station, then the Claremont Showgrounds for Slayer’s first Australian appearance in 10 years. Perth Central station was packed [...]

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Today was a bit of a mix between the first two, with a few things to do and visit and a fair bit of driving to get back to Perth. Destination one was the lighthouse at Leeuwen, the most south-westerly point in Australia. Looking at it on a map, this looks strange as I think [...]

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Somewhat more busy today. The usual “you’re on a tour – get up” early rise for breakfast and into the bus for a quick squizz around Augusta. A replica of one of the early ships is stood on chocks not far from the hostel. This tiny thing was sailed from Canada to the UK and [...]

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A stupidly early rise to catch the bus for the trip and thanks again to Mel and Matt for driving me into Perth. I would have caught the train but as it was a public holiday, the first one would have got me into the city over 30 minutes too late! On the bus, I [...]

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