Category: Days Out

We slept through till 12:30 PM 😦

Continue reading “Australia : Day 1”

We got to the hotel by 8AM after some breakfast so there followed some enforced chilling while waited for the room. It was worth the wait though with us getting a great corner room with a view of the Opera House.

Then, we were off.

Continue reading “Mission : Survive ~30 hours without sleep.”

This was always going to be the interesting bit; up at 5AM for a 14 hour flight with us getting into Sydney at 6AM local time. We needed to be tired enough to sleep when night-time came round in Sydney but rested enough to not say enough suicidally stupid while getting through customs.

Tricky.

Continue reading “Mission : Survive Getting To Australia, pt 2”

So here we were; a pretty spontaneous (all planned, booked and paid for in a few weeks!) trip to Australia to take advantage of my contract finishing in time for the school holidays. The Overmind had worked like a trooper to get as much crammed into three weeks as possible and we had loads of fun stuff planned. First we had to get there with a quick stop in Dubai for a day to break up the massive flight.

Continue reading “Mission : Survive Getting To Australia, pt 1”