I was due to be picked up for the third and final leg of my tour from Alice Springs on Saturday 17th July at 6.10am. I joined my group from the previous tour in the hostel lobby when a tour guide arrived and called only my name. And then the dawning realisation that I was being split up from my friends! I hopped on the tour bus and recognised three familiar faces - Sebastian, Therese and Emma - who I have travelled with on the tour all the way from Kakadu. But...

I slept on my flight to Darwin to catch up on lost sleep from my last night out in Cairns. When I arrived I had to find a bed for the night and ended up checking in to Melaluca's on Mitchell. I bumped in to Ali, the whinging girl that I shared a room with in Cape Tribulation as well as a couple of familiar faces from the Blue Parrot in Sydney when I was lining up to check in. Once checked in I put my bags in my room, and headed out in search of food. I made...