Perth to Darwin

One of the beaches on the island we had it all to our self!
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Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all well at home, well I made it to sunny Oz in one peace thankfully! Landed in Perth, and had 6 nights there. The hostel was really nice, but have to get used to this hostel business, its like being back at uni, everyone writing their name on their food, and having their own self in the fridge, and eating cheap food - lovely. Anyway Perth was lovely, we probably had a bit too long there, as there is not too much to do.

Perth to Darwin

The gaint rats on the island, dont know if you can see the tail but it's big
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The best thing we did in Perth, was a trip to Rottness Island, which was great fun, but the ferry ride there was not! Anyway we got to the island and we hired some bikes and started riding round the island.It was great fun, sad I know but I loved and I looked such a geek on my bike, helmet, rucksack!!! After about 2 hours I was shattered, not as fit as I used to be, it killed my legs. Anyway the island was lovely, had loads of bays and deserted beaches that you could get to and the sea was so blue and clean, it was really good fun! Oh and they have these animals called Quokka's and they are only found on the island, and they are actually giant rats!!! Yes that's right and we saw loads, actually once we saw them they looked quite cute! But they did have massive rat tails, they were huge and not so cute. Oh and I saw a snake on the island, so much for all the people who said I wouldn't see anything. IT was massive and I had a quick look and kept on riding!!!

Me on my bike, what a geek!
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Anyway after Perth we flew up to Darwin, which is definitely a lot different. The hostel was horrible, the kitchen was outside and was covered in flies, so we didn't cook much in there!!! We spent 6 days here and wondered round the town, lots of good bars actually which was good fun. We went to the beach there which again was deserted but the sand was a funny colour and the sea was miles out. We also went to some night markets there, which were good fun, but if I'm honest a bit too hippy for me!!! Our last day in Darwin we went to Adelaide River on a boat to see the crocodiles. It was great fun, the crocodiles were lovely. I thought I was going to be jumping and screaming, but I wasn't. The people were holding out giant pieces of meet for them and they were getting them to jump right out of the rives to get the meet, it was great we got so close to them!!! Then we went to Litchfield National park. Went to see lots of beautiful water falls, and you can just jump in and start swimming, that was a bit strange, as you obviously cant do that back home. I don't like even going into the sea at the seaside. The water so clean you could even drink it!

A jumping croc!!
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So after Darwin we caught the train down to Alice Springs, where I am now. The train took 24 hours and was soooo slow, I'm sure I could have worked quicker. But it was good fun, even though it was a bit like a prison train, there was loads of rules you had to obey!!! And the workers thought they were doormen or something, they kept walking up and down shouting orders! And we got in trouble for bring our own beer on!!!! Anyway we are off to Ayres Rock tomorrow, for 2 nights, and I'm crapping myself, I have to sleep outside in a sleeping bag for 2 nights. They sell it to you as your sleeping under the stars it's amazing - I was like where is my five star hotel!!! I'll let you know how I get on and how many spiders crawl over my face, at a later date.

One of the waterfalls
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Hope you are all well back at home and as always any news or gossip you what to share is more than welcome,its nice to here what you are all doing!!!

Take care and miss everyone

Cara x