Hello All, Just a very quick message to let you know that we have touched down down under and are currently acclimatising ourselves to the Ozzie way of life. Much of this process has consisted of drinking lots of stubbies (bottles) and schooners (bit smaller than a pint) of the native brew and wrapping our taste buds around such delicacies as kangaroo kebabs (delish) and Lamingtons (sponge cakes covered in icing and coconut). I think we have been quite sucessful so far, in appreciating the culture of the country! Our lack of pre-travel research became evident once more when we arrived in Darwin and realised that most of the national park sites etc are closed as it is the wet season at the moment - doh! That left us with a little bit too much time to kill and we ended up bringing our flight forward a week. However, the weather has actually been really good and we have been able to go on a tour to take in some of the local delights. We went into the outback and spotted a Wallabee, a Dingo, loads of crazy birds and loads of green stuff too! We got to swim in some beautiful waterfalls and Paul was lucky enough to feed pork chops to a salt water crocodile from the safety of a boat and even managed to make it jump up out of the water which is apparantly a bit of an art. He won't stop boasting about it and thinks he is the next Steve Irwin! Tomorrow we fly to Cairns where we start the next leg of our adventure along the East coast. We will update you with our adventures as soon as poss. Lots of love, Linda and Paul