well we finnally made it...we are now on the east coast woohhooo!! the journey from alice springs wasnt too bad..we asked for work in all the roadhouses but they had nothing for us which was a bit of a pain! so we just continued to drive...we kept stopping at the side of the road and then driving all day! well we first got to mount isa which was pretty kool and then to townsville! we started looking for work here but we havent found anything and there is no backpackers agency's to get work through whihc is a bit annoying but hey ho we have now decided to just stay here 1 night and then head up to cairns and see if we can get any work there!! townsville is a big place its crazy we are not use to loads of people and shops and food everywhere so we decided to treat ourselves..pizza it was!! woohooo cairns here we come