Darwin has been an experience. But the lack of couch surfers, the lack of people in general and spotting a flight to Melbourne for a mere $140 AUD (£60 / $120 USD) have won out, I’m outta here. I catch a fairly anti-social flight at 23:45 this evening, arriving in sunny Melbourne tomorrow morning around 5:30.
Thanks to Ranj and his new hostel, I have a place to stay organised already, fantastic!

You will like Melbourne infinitely more than Darwin. Melbourne’s a beautiful city, great bars and clubs, museums, art galleries and a thriving asian community!!!
Hi Callum. Hope the flight goes well. Do you get reputation points like on ebay for couchsurfing? I bet yours are quite high now! Some other sites I’ve got into recently: http://www.geenee.com (and for those without a house!): http://www.mindmyhouse.com. JC.