Flying

Saturday, March 30: Sunny

Was up at 7:30 for a shower, a shave, some breakfast, and then the rest of the packing. Suitcase was too heavy with the laptop in it, so decided that the laptop could be carried in the rucksack. Had everything together just after 10:00 and bid farewell to Graham and Joe.

Filled the tank for the last time down the road and then made my way to Wendekreisen for the Flying Spaghetti Monster’s decommissioning. Had the printed out receipt for the shuttle from the last time with me this time and was able to have the $32 refunded to the credit card. Not much in the way of formalities and we were quickly at the airport – so early that Qantas was not yet open. Didn’t have to wait long, however, and soon had my suitcase on its way.

Wandered around a bit and then decided on a farmhouse breakfast with all and sundry to celebrate the end of the “wicked wee time”. Then it was through passport control and security to await the plane. The flight from Sydney had been delayed, but the flight back over was correspondingly faster. We left about an hour later than scheduled but we still had an hour in Sydney to change flights, most of which was taken up by security.

Took in various bits of entertainment – the computer in the 737 to Sydney had something wrong with it and was difficult to control, but on the flight from Sydney everything was back to normal. Mythbusters, an episode of The Big Bang Theory, Hitchcock’s Psycho, nearly all of Origins of Us. Bloke next to me seemed to be requiring more space than he had booked so prospects didn’t look good.