Another day is required to catch up with the notice reading, and brave the freezing cold pool. The notice said at the end "have a nice day" - for me this meant fixing my shoes by the pool. I ignored the 'sharp object' reference (luckily I got away with it). Liz did the usual swim, I was under orders to say when the 30 minutes in the pool was up. After 10 minutes she asked the time "only been in five minutes". Time checks were requested frequently each time I und...

The end of the trail, we are now heading back to Darwin on the same road but we saved a few places to see on the return leg. Just a stones throw 70 km down the road is Lake Argyle the largest lake in North Australia (dammed). Had lunch there whilst looking up at Parrots and Lorikeets in the tree above. We decided to stay at the nearby camp site. We had to wait for someone in reception to show us the camping area (normally they just give you a map). However he ...

The astute amongst you would notice that I am now in Western Australia, and for those amongst you who are less astute I was in Northern Territory before. No big deal- the only thing that was different was that we had to go through Quarantine - no not us: fruit, vegetables etc. I was thinking of smuggling a banana down my pants, but in the end I just ate it. The border was also the only place since Darwin that we could get a radio station (Country and Western - ta...