9th- 14th July The plane to Darwin was very small, only holding around 125 people. It had a three seat row and a two seat row. We got into Darwin at around 2pm and got a taxi to our hotel, Argus Hotel, in the city. It was just a short 5 minute to the main streets. It was a lovely hotel with a pool, a light breakfast and our room was great too with a balcony and the comfiest bed ever! It was a nice change, a bit of luxury for once! Darwin was very small, it had 3...

Melbourne- 4th-5th July We stayed in Melbourne for one before our trip. We got a deal at the Ibis on Little Bourke Street which was good and right in town near where we used to live! We went to see Ghiseth and picked up our post from our old flat. We met Laurie and Sinead later on for a little drink at Merrywell overlooking the city and then we went for food at the new American BBQ place, Bludso. The food was really good and (we never realised) it was Independen...