Before going to Kakadu we'd heard a few people saying how they weren't that impressed by it, however the 4 days we spent there surpassed all our expectations! Kakadu is listed as a World Heritage Area for both its natural and cultural aspects. In terms of the natural aspects there is such a variety of landscapes to see, from flooded wetlands to ...

On Friday night Naomi, Sarah and Alex arrived in town so we met up at the bar next to the YHA hostel I'm staying in. Synna was still here and we were joined by the Australian outback-dwelling James. He has qualified as a doctor and is seeing Darwin before starting work in Katherine, the tiny town we stopped at on the Ghan. Saturday was our trip ...

We are unbelievably already half way into our trip, and thought an update of our planned destinations wouldn't be a bad idea. So here is what is planned: - Indonesia - Singapore - Malaysia - Cambodia - Laos - Vietnam - China and Hong Kong - Transsiberian from Beijing to Moscow and home...

I arrived in Darwin at 5am and was subjected to the usual rubbish from Australian immigration: How long are you here for? 4 months; Where are you going? Probably go down the west coast, then follow the cricket? How are you getting about? (WTF) Have you booked bus tickets or flights? Probably buses and I've booked one flight. How many times have ...

Before arriving in the City centre, we stopped at the Darwin Croc Farm... Stu and I argreed that Broome Croc Farm is heaps better (as you get to hold the baby crocs, but also because it wasn't as smelly). The only good thing about Darwin Croc Farm is the 'Whiite' Croc... called Snowy... apparently there are only 3 crocs like this in captivity! W...

Darwin Neuer Kontinent, neue Welt. Es ist ein ziemlicher Kulturschock, und vor allem Preisschock :-), nach 7,5 Monaten in Asien nach Australien zu kommen. Nur ein Beispiel: Bett im 8-Bett Schlafsaal kostet 12,- EUR, in Westtimor waren es noch 6,5 EUR fuer ein Doppelzimmer mit Bad und Fruehstueck. Darwin, ist eine kleine, feine und fast durchwegs...

So, I have been down under for just over two months now. I figured I would supply a kinda state of the union at the midway point. Enjoy: Current Physical Condition: I try to get out and run as often as possible, but the poor diet of pasta and beer is taking it's toll. I'm not "Fat Greg" per say, but things are getting...hmmmmm, jiggly :) Books R...

Well, we certainly had enough rest days, the Ole 55s! Thursday was yet another Rest Day and a crowd of us went out to Kakadu by air, organized by Tall Fee's daughter Victoria, who is a pilot. One Ole 55 who will remain nameless, now holds the honour of using the highest number of those little paper bags EVER! Others went to Lichfield National Pa...

Well as you can see I am back in Darwin far earlier than I expected and I won't be going back to the island again, no more work. For the first couple of days we were told to take it easy and not push ourselves too hard and burn out. So I did just that. My figures for the first 2 full days were around 1400 and it was hard going but I felt ok know...

After travelling all the way through the centre of Australia to reach Darwin we feel in need of a little rest. Well we haven't been resting all the time as we have been writing CV's and emailing them off to agencies in town in the hope of finding some work other than fruit picking, although we may have to drive over to Queensland and do that if ...