Darwin has been very humid and temperatures are in the high 30s. We've done our usual spending spree in the big smoke before heading off into the bush and hope we are fully prepared for the next leg of our journey.
Darwin has changed enormously since I was last here in 1993 with new shopping malls, bars and restaurants. It still lives up to its reputation of being the "party town" and now has an entire street dedicated to the backpacker
population. We keep in touch with Mark and Sharon and are planning to begin the next stage of our trip in convoy.