Flying over central Australia is something that I will never forget. For as far as you could see there was nothing but red sands and "bush". It was beautiful. I could see Alice Springs ahead and it was literally a small little town in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nothingness. As soon as we stepped off the plane you could feel the heat but it was different to what we experienced in Darwin. It was really, really hot but there was no humidity at al...

Darwin, our first port of call in Australia and where we were to catch our connecting flight to Alice Spings. Because of this we were only here for 24 hours. Once we got inside the airport terminal we were greeted by customs who ask you if you have certain things in your bag...wood, carved items and any food items being some of them. I stated that I had nothing of the sort in my bag, as did Barry and proceeded through the gates. Had I realised that we were about...