I woke up to the alarm at 5.00am and after a shower and shave had a cup of tea for breakfast. I had got in too late the night before to order a breakfast tray to delivered to my room. My flight home was at 9.00am and I had to check in by 8.00am in order to ensure seat allocation. My attempts to check in over the internet were unsuccessful so I had to catch the 6.10am shuttle to the airport from near my hotel. The 7.10am shuttle is not guaranteed to get there before 8.00am. Of course the 6.10 got me to the airport well before 7.00am.
Checking in was uneventful but getting from check in to the departure lounge took over 30 minutes due to security checks. They had only two check in lines and the queues stretched for about 40 metres and moved very slowly. Before boarding I filled in time by having fruit toast and coffee for breakfast and updating Day 7's blog.
We boarded at 8.45am then sat for 45 minutes as one of the pilots had failed to turn-up because of illness. After finding a replacement we were of to Brisbane which is a four and a half hour flight. First they had us set out watches forward two hours to Brisbane time and then began serving lunch at 12.00 noon i.e. 10.00am Perth time. I couldn't face Shepherd's Pie but did manage to drink a red wine before settling back to watch a movie.
We arrived in Brisbane at 4.00pm and due to baggage handling delays I only just caught my 4.30pm shuttle bus back to Tewantin. I was the final drop off at 7.15pm. I warmed up a frozen pizza as my only substantial meal of the day and went to bed at 9.00pm. It had been a long and tiring day.
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