What better place to celebrate Cadel Evans’ victory in the Tour de France than at his birthplace - Katherine, and with six inspirational cyclists.

Luke from the Perth office here! We arrived in Darwin and met up at the hotel.  It was a nice surprise how hot and sunny it was so after a quick walk around town we got the taste for cider so went for a drink.

We then headed to the wharf for a nice dinner, Gerard was served half a cow and got the meat sweats!!  Although the bar scene in Darwin looked awesome we made the sensible choice and went to bed!

There is no doubt about it, things are starting to pick up again in the economy and also the job market. We’ve seen businesses start to release multiple roles to try and quickly regain some of the muscle required to help them cope with the economic upswing ahead.

So how does looking for a job in a downturn differ to job hunting during an upswing?

Signing on for leg no.7 is Prue Agar, Helen Anderson and Rochelle Taylor.

Day 1 had us all arriving at Alice Springs.  However, getting there was an interesting adventure in itself.  Rochelle left Sydney on one of the worst weather days that Sydney has experienced in a very long time.

Hi All, we are camping at the Barkly Roadhouse, 400 km south of the gulf of Carpentaria, 750km from Alice Spring  and smack bang in the middle of nowhere. The landscape is an endless sea of dry low shrubs and grass scattered amongst the red earth. It doesn’t change and seems to go on forever.

Yesterday the boys had an easy day riding 180km from Mt Isa to Camooweal at an average speed of 42km, pushed by a strong tailwind. Camooweal was a caravan park, pub and petrol station and not much else.