We've been in Darwin for a week now and we really like it up here, the hot and dry weather helps! Darwin as a city is really small and compact so you can get everywhere by foot in no time at all. As there is no swimming allowed in the sea up here due to jelly fish (stingers) and crocodiles (salties) they have a man made lagoon by the waterfront. For the first couple of days Davie and I made ourselves at home by the lagoon and 'got our tan on!' Feeling suitably ta...

We both agree that one of our highlights of the trip so far has been the roadtrip from Cairns to Darwin, we seen some amazing sights and it really gave us an insight into the real Australia. We started out on Saturday morning with a German girl called Kath and a young dutch lad called Sebastian, Kath picked us up in her 4 wheeled drive and we spent the first hour playing tetris with all the luggage! Our initial plan was to drive from Cairns down to Townsville th...