to Darwin!

Well, we knew this leg was coming.

I'm back - many thanks to those that prayed (not that we asked for any, but I know there would be those out there that did).  Russell is no longer being used a patient transport vehicle and I'm back sitting in the front instead of lying in the back with a sore gut.  Robyn was absolutely incredible at this time and looked after me the way an incredible wife would.  I am immensely thankful.

Catcha later Exmouth!

We left Exmouth Saturday with one goal in mind: get to Darwin.  Up to this point we'd just been taking our time, knowing eventually we still had to "skip" across from the top of the west to the top of the middle.  I knew it was a long way, but was slightly dumbfounded when I had a look at the map in its entirety.  Australia is a BIG country.

Allow me to provide a bit of perspective:

From Perth to Exmouth is 1265 kms.

From Exmouth to Darwin is 3175 kms.

We've spent about 4 weeks getting from Perth to Exmouth.

We've given ourselves 5 days to get from Exmouth to Darwin.

There's a reason for this madness.  Robyn's availability as a replacment teacher begins on the 1st of March.  She needs a few days to settle in, get all the gear she needs and generally feel prepared (not to mention wash off the smell of 4 months' travelling! ;).

It's funny actually, we've been listening to the Bible on the road (great opportunity to do so!) and we just capped off Numbers the other day - Robyn tacked our story onto the end of the Israelites' in Numbers 33:  "They left Ramses and camped at Sukkoth.  They left Sukkoth and camped at Etham.  They left Etham and camped at Karratha.  They left Karratha and camped at Broome..."  That's pretty much what the rest of this week holds for us.

Mmm...  Roadies.  I promise
we don't eat that much Mi Goreng...

So with our 4 bags of Roadies ($1.80 on sale in Exmouth - bargain!  Given the long road ahead, it just made sense...  On the Road/Roadies...) we're all set.

Three thousand one hundred and seventy five kilometres later, we'll see you in Darwin.  Ready for four months of work!

J.

P.S.  How do you occupy yourself with this many kms to cover and a whole lot of straight roads?  Here's one way...