Monday 21 March - My Birthday Had a lovely day yesterday. We checked into the hotel at 12.00 and didnt really leave for the day. We spent the afternoon swimming in the poola and sunbathing, relaxing in comfort. I then had a really long bath, with a facial, pedicure and hair done by Steve. We had dinner in the room and watched a film in bed. I havent watched TV for weeks so this was a treat. Watched Bridget Jones Edge of Reason. The bed was huge, used ...

We have found some more thinks to do whilst we are in Darwin. On Friday we visited the World War 2 oil tunnels. these were built during the war to store the oil in to stop the Japanese from bombing and destroying it. They were never used. The tunnels were interesting, very big and well built considering it was all done by hand. On Saturday we hired a car and went to the Crocodile jumping at Adelaide River Crossing. It was really good. We were in a boat...

We have been in Darwin for 9 days now and we are getting very bored. There is not much to do here. We are happy because the day after we put posters up advertising the car for sale we sold it and we made $100 on what we paid for it. We sold it to a man who lives in Darwin. We visited the Museum of the Northern Territory, which was interesting, there was alot about the war and Cyclone Tracey. We have spent alot of time walking around the town and to the h...

Today we have arrived in Darwin after three days of driving. We left Cairns on Sunday and drove for 9 hours and 860 kms. We stopped at a small village in the middle of nowhere. It was so hot, even the wind was hot, we have been used to the breeze off the sea. We set off again in the morning and drove for another 11 hours, covering 1957 kms. We stopped at Tennants Creek in the middle of the desert. We decided to stay in a hostel after neither of us slept the...