The Trip - CBR to SYD

This next blog post is coming to you from sunny Ballycastle - no, freezing Bally... no windy B... no cloudy. Well .. from Northern Ireland!! Seems against all odds I made it in one piece and yet again defied the laws of logic, and Ryan's Law (that Murphy was an optomist).

Some highlights for those either remotely interested.. or for those who just loooove to live vicariously through the likes of this intrepid traveller....

Arrival at Canberra airport. What could go wrong? Oh so organised!! Even down to checking with the Travel Agent about size of suitcase, weight etc. And of course, Jr and I estimating how heavy my biig case was. How good were we?? For those of you who don't think I can pack... I was aiming for 27kg and.... came in at under 24!!! Woo hoo.

Shame the allowance was only 20 kg.... Grrrr.

Thanks and hugs and kisses go to absolute honey at the Qantas check in who took pity and did a deal for me.... so no additional fees applicable!!! That man deserves a raise!!

I was so glad I ignored everyone that thought boots, scarf, coat etc were a bit over the top for heading into Northern Summer. Damn it was cold at Canberra. AND just as bad in Sydney.

No problems at Sydney as such... apart from chaos, queues, cranky staff and total ignorami at the check through to International. My personal favourite? The 'alternative' mother and child all in orange based colourful hemp clothing... of course she didn't know about liquids to be in clear bottles, and in clear, resealable plastic bag. Most interesting was the liquids she was putting into the bag provided to her by airport staff.. bottle upon bottle of essential oils (I DID say 'alternative'). LMAO. Imagine the island of orange, clinking oil bottles being thrust into plastic bag while a sea of human chaos flowed around them to get through the queues

Oh.. and I managed to avoid getting arrested or fined for my phone on in the security area too!! A sweet smile and utmost apologies to the poor harried airport staff member did wonders. He then took great lengths to explain that I could be fined $1000 for just having it on, let alone answering it!! Can't help wondering if anyone was going to tell the whole bunch of people behind me who took and made calls while we waited in line for security checking. *sigh*

Most interesting convo for the leg .....

Coffee and pie for lunch, no empty tables left. And here was this poor lonely looking gentleman seated by himself at a table that could hold four people.. so lonely he was reading a book!! Lol. Of course I asked if I could sit at his table, and we started chatting.... turns out to be a very interesting citizen of the world, with kids who are also high flyers and citizens of the world. Owning companies over the world, he has been travelling for some time, even had farms in Kiwi land based on his wife's parent's initial property. I'm still working on the believability score!! Have to say my BS meter was going off a fair bit.

Well, that's enough for my second post. Stay tuned for the next post..... The Trip - SYD to SING. Don't forget you can ask questions or make comments based on the post (I think). Who knows what this thing can do?? Until next time..... I'm away then.