Monday, October 29, 2007

Northern Exposure

Hi everyone. Just a quick note to let you know that we've arrived safely in Darwin. The journey was uneventful and we were greeted with a sweltering hot sunny day, which felt good after a couple of 'chilly' days down south. Our backpackers' hostel has a roof-top swimming pool, which is great, although we feel a bit past it what with all of the 20 year olds parading round in their bikinis or showing off their six-packs. Somehow we'll struggle through.
 
We've uploaded some more photos from our Western Australia trip including some of our visit to the Tree Top Walk, which is an elevated platform 40m above the forest floor. I found it a lot easier going than the tree climb, although June had a minor vertigo induced panic! We also visited a very good Whaling museum, caught up with the Woods and Walkers for another lovely barbie, and said fond farewells to the MacDonald clan.
 
We had a wonderful couple of weeks down in WA - the countryside and coast were really beautiful and it was lovely to see some friendly faces. We wish we'd allowed for a bit more time down there - WA is such a huge place and we only managed to see a tiny corner of it. We'll have to go back again some day...
 
We're going to spend the next couple of days relaxing in Darwin before we venture off to explore Kakadu National Park and Katherine Gorge. We're not sure how to get around - we could go on organised camping trips, or hire a car or a 4WD. We'll need to get our thinking caps on.
 
Hope all is well with you all. Thanks for your comments and emails. Its great to know you're keeping an eye on our progress.
 
Bye!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi you two,
Glad you are having fun down under, and it was good to see some photos of the Wood/Walker family in WA. I bet its starting to go really fast for you now. I can't believe its nearly November myself.

Keep on blogging - I love reading about your trip, makes me feel a real armchair traveller

Take Care

Den