Quality Hotel Frontier Darwin

... So imagine my surprise when I grabbed the handle of my suitcase, swung it around to put it on the cart and things started dropping out of it! YUP. it was zipped open by about 3/4's of the way around the suitcase. I was able to swing it down quickly before more than a couple of things fell out. I looked for the zipper pulls and they are still locked together on the one side of the suitcase that did not ...

... Mount Isa which the largest city in the world in terms of surface area; this feat is accomplished by the fact that it is the only place of any significance for about 700 km in any direction, so by default has a huge administrative area. After this was a middle of the night change in Tennant Creek, before the final leg going to Alice Springs. On the route was an Allan Dale Road; I wonder if his Neighbours chose the name?!<br><br><br>

... 8217;t), a feature on the devastating impact of Cyclone Tracy in 1974 and very contemporary Aboriginal art. <br><br>The heat and humidity are beyond anything I have experienced so far and sweat was literally pouring from me so after a full day of being out and about all I could summon up the energy for was the finishing of the last blog entry<br><br>I picked up my Hitop campervan next morning &#8211; definitely older and tattier and less features (main one being &#8211; no ...

... don't know how big his cattle station is, but very BIG!!!!<br><br>On one stretch of road in the middle of nowhere, we were driving along and came across swarms of locusts flying all around us. As we drove through each swarm, they would hit the windscreen for about 60 seconds continuously, they sounded like microwave popcorn. I was of course ducking them as they hit the windscreen.<br><br>We left Queensland behind and made it into the Northern Territory late one ...

... main backpacker street, which is lined with block upon block of bars all packed with people spilling out onto the pavement. Some of who were pretty worse for wear! Primarily indigenous people! I had lunch in a nice shaded beer garden over the road from the apartment and took a walk down to the Esplanade for sunset. Pretty much chilled out that evening to recover from the early start and be ready for the first day at the new office.

... Outback ganz besonders schoenen - Sonnenauf- und untergaenge zu Gesicht... <br><br>Da unsere Outback-3-Tages-Tour (weil eine einfache Bustour zum Uluru (Ayers Rock) schon 220 Dollar kostet schliessen wir uns einer Reisegruppe fuer junge Leut an ;)) erst uebernaechsten Tag losgeht, nutzen wir die Zeit in Alice Springs natuerlich mit Stadterkundung, aber auch einer Mountainbiketour durchs Outback... wahnsinn... auch wenn ich Muehe habe hinter Johannes her ...

Voor de verandering weer eens vroeg op: 5u40 kwam onze hyperactieve gids ons oppikken. Het is niet echt koud, maar wanneer we op de bus zitten begint het te regenen. Vreemd in het droogseizoen! Na het ontbijt is het gestopt met regenen. Verder de baan op. We passeren Wycleff Well, het UFO centrum van Australie ( beam me up, Scotty!). een beetje later komen we bij de Devil's Marbles. We ...

Drove down the centre of Oz today, very boring! The scenery is just trees and grass which was surprising to me as thought it would be desert. As usual didn't see much of traffic although it is the only road going from North to South!! Just the odd caravan and road train. We were going to stop the night at Banka Banka which is a great Station and has a slide show in the evening about the ...