I flew outta Darwin on an unspectacular but absolutely packed Jetstar flight just after midnite and didn't sleep a bit. My vision of a perfect sun-filled trip were dashed as grey skies and rain welcomed me to Sydney. I lugged my 35kgs of luggage round Central Station until sweaty and excited, even nervous (?) I finally managed to catch the 7:34 train to Windsor. Joe picked me up from the station and we managed to solve a few of the world's problems whilst travelling to his place. A great coffee and yummy bacon/egg roll fortified me for the day whilst en route. The virtually unmarked 1190 checked out so we did the sell/buy thing before 2+ hrs was then spent packing and re-packing the beast, then fitting into all my gear plus wets as the rain
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