WOW it's hard to get around to other areas from Western Australia.  I'm in Perth right now, heading to Exmouth  on Sunday, and my next destination is Cairns, where I want to be on the 28th.  There is NO WAY to get up to that spot from Exmouth.  I tried looking for flights/buses any where north from Exmouth, like Broome or Darwin, nothing available on either Saturday or Sunday the 26 or 27.   So instead, on the 26th I'm flying back to Perth (no buses available), which is cool cause I'll get to spend more time with Lisa.  Then I looked for flights to Cairns from Perth - they ALL stopped through Sydney or Melbourne, and were really expensive.  So instead, I'm saving $100 by flying to Melbourne from Perth, then to Cairns from Melbourne.  Totally backtracking, but it's cool cause instead of just laying over at the airport I'm going to fly to Melbourne on the Sunday, then to Cairns on the Monday, so I'll have another random night in Melbourne, which is fine with me! PARTY TIME!