Today was mostly a travel day, we did a ton of driving. We went to this little pub, that is apparently super famous here in AU. Everyone tries to go there when they are here. It is tiny, and almost every square inch of the bar inside and out is covered with s*** that people leave behind and staple to the walls. It is crazy, you drive for like 3 hours through the desert seeing nothing on the way, and then suddenly there is this tiny bar in the middle of no w...

We went to a museum today and learned about hurricane Tracey that hit in the 70s on Christmas eve wiping out the entire north eastern coast and thousands were killed and everyone else had to be evacuated, I think that must be part of why the north is so behind the times, it seems like every time they make progress war or natural disaster seems to wipe them out. It is kind of making me sad with the whole aboriginal situation, they really really got the sho...

Today we went to a beautiful swim hole where you could walk down these amazing rock stairs right into the water, with sandstone on both side, it was very pretty. Then we went on the Catherine river gorge cruise and got to look at the amazing forge system eroded over thousands of years by the flood seasons. It was beautiful and there was kayaking, which was fun. We went back to town and hung out with everyone it was fun. I'm definitely learning a lot about the...

11-8-09 So punch was fun, we all got a wee bit tipsy, because apparently punch is alcohol, haha. We went back to our room to repack our bags for the morning and harry potter was on so that was cool, because all that’s been on is news derbies and soccer or rugby. I have to say that so far I definitely feel like that besides Sydney AU is definitely behind the times, the aboriginal areas are super behind all the towns with a strong aboriginal influence in the ...

11-7-09 Fourth day we had another great breakfast. I feel a lot better now that I'm slowly adjusting to the humidity, but it is still well into the high 90's so you have to watch for the heat. I feel like money just flys here food is so expensive. I haven't even bought any souvenirs and I'm already stressing my budget. Because everything is grown and produced here it is definitely island prices. We went to another national park and looked at more preserved...