From Airlie Beach we travelled to Mackay which was only a 2 hour journey on the greyhound. We spent the afternoon and the following morning looking around the town. There's very little to see in Mackay and because of this it's not swarming with backpackers which suited us fine as our intentions are to visit as many places as possible, not just the usual hotspots i.e. Sydney, Melbourne etc. Mackay was fine for just the one night stop-over that we did. From Ma...

After waking in our new hostel, Globetrotters international, we had our free breakfast. It was nothing compared to Darwin as all it comprised of was cereal. Over the next week we spent our time walking around Cairns. We had to wait in Cairns so that we could receive our parcel from the UK. We attempted to look for work but had no success. We asked around the marina, however, all of the work involved paying for a tour first, then working for free accommodation. Ca...

After having our last breakfast at the Dingo Moon Lodge and Matt making sure he got his money's worth (although he didn't have pancakes which he regrets), we got a shuttle bus to The Ghan train station.We left Darwin at 9am and got to Alice Springs at 11am the next day. It was a very long journey but we stopped at The Katherine for 4 hours so people could do some tours (we stayed at the station as they were so expensive) and there was a stop during the night for ...