After three wonderful weeks, we leave Ray and Pat and New Zealand, and start a new adventure in Australia. The flight took 3 hours 10 minutes, but we gained 2 hours in the time zone change, so effectively it only took 1 hour out of our day. We flew on the mainstay of the Qantas fleet, a (fairly old) Boeing 767-300:
[The above picture was taken while we were waiting at the boarding gate - I also had time to phone Mum and wish her a happy birthday!!]We were to spend a few days in Sydney, then hire a car and take 12 days to get to Brisbane. But first, there was Sydney....
