The intention of a blog is generally to keep a regular, ideally, daily record of things that occur. I sit now in Weipa on the Gulf of Carpentaria, enjoying my first reliable access to Internet since Cooktown and ponder not only how can I reasonably update this blog adequately, expressing my amazement at some of the things I've seen and done, but also the profound remoteness of this place. Telstra 3G is the only network that covers this part of the world, and even then only intermittently. In many ways I've experienced the lack of ability to communicate with the outside world as a major aspect of this trip. What sheer lovely relaxation to be out of contact! No phones to answer, things to worry about, unaware of what day of the week it is, what doom and gloom is in the headlines. To me this is a real holiday.
SJC