Today I passed a sign "26th parallel - you are now leaving the North West". Then I went up into a peninsula on my way to Monkey Mia where I passed another sign "26th parallel - you are now entering the North West". I guess I will pass it again tomorrow...

Now, I want to thank my bosses and all my amazing colleagues (who I spent quite a lot of time with over the years) for such a fantastic send-off! So I took the picture of that marvelous (& remarkably accurate!) cake and marked my route so far; I have gone a long way! I'll complete the circumnavigation of the "big island", then come back up the middle and east & back down again!