Day 1 – Perth I flew down to Perth from Broome late on Tuesday night. After the usual crush of mine workers at Perth domestic taxi rank I made my way to Clive's house in Cottesloe, which was going to be my base for the next few days as I got the s***box ready. I polished off about half a bottle of Jamesons Irish catching up with Clive. The less said about that the better Day 2 – Perth I made my way to the Perth offices of my company to pick up th...

We flew via Kununurra to Darwin and arrived late afternoon (winding our clocks forward 1 1/2 hours). The apartment we'd booked online was a ripper - 21 floors up - with a magical view of the city, and there was just enough time to put our bags down before standing on the balcony and watching an amazing sunset. I'm sure it was made all the more magical due to the recent volcanic eruption in nearby Java. As a small girl, we'd lived in Darwin for around 18 months w...