Our flight to Australia was amazing. Booked a cheap ticket with Air Asia in the 1970’s with the extra leg room and to our surprise they had just recently changes their planes to have a sort of business class section. Our seats were cool, fully reclinable into beds which made the trip so amazing. The food was terrible as per Air Asia standards, and we have promised never to eat a vegetarian meal again on Air Asia. Think of rubber, then pour soya oil over it and heat it up in a microwave for 10 minutes, that’s what they serve you.
During our 3 whole days in Queensland we ate many pies, saw koala bears and kangeroos, dingbats and tazmanian devils. The sunshine coast of QLD is very beautiful but there seems to be a shortage of shoes in the country as everyone seems to walk barefoot? It was sunny with rainy spells during our visit which is typical for QLD, and hence it has a beautiful countryside.
We didn’t see anyone wearing hats with pieces of cork on string, but I put that down to the fact that there were not many flies. Phil and Anne (our friends from London) made us most welcome in their apartment which is the size of the large family home in the UK. Also met up with my old boss from Skanska, Keith. He has been out their now for 2 years and loving it. Damian and Marcus have also made the jump but sadly I didn’t get a chance to meet them during my limited 3 day trip.
I cannot really make a fair judgement on Oz after only 3 days, but I will summarise as follows. It is big, expensive and full of 4-bangers, utes, sunnies, thongs and really silly rules at immigration, but we did get our trekking shoes cleaned for free.
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