Time to go south!

Our plan, at this time, is to fly on September 24th to Darwin, in the north and do a tour of the top end, as they call it, to Broome. This takes about 11 days. Then off to Perth, [on the left side of the country] for a week. Then back to the 'middle', Alice Springs and Ayers Rock. We then fly to Brisbane, 'right side of the country', where we meet our friends. We then toodle about via car to west of Melbourne for a few weeks. Then, fly home November 28th. All Lord willing.

The seasons are reversed in Australia to here. Their hot months are the months that the shower at the 100 Mile cabin looks like the picture shown.

Time to get down to packing and sorting out what to take with the limited luggage we are allowed on the tour from Darwin to Broome. We each are allowed one case and a carry-on. [My electronics, gadgets and cables will take up most of my space.]

Our friends in Australia, Rod and Lyn, assure us that the snakes, lizards and other sharp, pointy nasty things do not come out until we leave Australia in late November. [They never lie.] Have you ever heard of 'the Funnel-web spider? Also that some of the most poisoneous snakes in the world are in Australia? On the positive side, the Australians make some very good beers and wines.