Hi all,

I'm writing this from Qantas Lounge at Perth Domestic Airport. I'm actually supposed to be halfway to Darwin by now but thanks to Qantas' policy of overbooking flights I am stuck here. I attempted to book in with plenty of time to spare although it was just under the 45 minutes that Qantas asks for, still I certainly didn't expect to find out that they had given the seat that I had booked 6 months ago to someone else!

This screws up my plans quite nicely as I had planned to join a cousin who lives in Darwin on a tour of the Mindil Beach markets. Tonight was the only chance I would have to do this. Still - always look on the bright side of life n all that so I'm trying to book a scooter tour, or at least hire a scooter for tomorrow so I can have a good look around Darwin.

I'm due to arrive in Darwin at about 7pm tonight so I may well still head down to the markets depending on what time they close up... I will feel a little nervous walking around on my own but hell you only live once right?

Tomorrow night I'm on a sunset dinner cruise so I'll have to include a clothing shop in tomorrows plans somewhere, I'm not sure what the dress code is so I'll have to check on that also.

Saturday I join the camping tour that heads out to Kakadu for 4 nights & then return to Perth on the 21st.

Despite today's setback I'm still very excited. It's funny because I've travelled a bit yet still feel like a kid on their first holiday with every trip. :)

Anyways - gotta go as my tummy is rumbling with the smells drifting from the kitchen area. Ciao, selamat tinghal and all that!