Well finally made it to OZ. We have just got internet connected so I can write my first blog from the bottom of the world. Where to start? At the beginning I suppose. 12 billion years ago there was a huge explosion in the middle of the universe......and along came Australia, a land full of heat, drought, cold beer, barbies, good sportsmen (and don't they know it!) and, now, Leon and Sarah.
We spent most of Boxing Day in UK cleaning and sorting out the house and we left late the next day to drive to my parents to drop car off and for them to take us to Heathrow. We got there eventually (thanks to the British transport infrastructure) but in quite good time to check in. Sarah's friend, Faith and her hubby, were there to greet us and then wish us au revoir. We said goodbye to my parents who went straight to another terminal to pick up our exchange partner, Leesa, to take her back to Bar Hill to our house.
The flight journey to Singapore was long and we flew over Holland, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakstan, Turkmeinistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Mynamar, Thailand, Malysia and Singapore. We didn't get much sleep! Although that was partly due to me playing chess and whowants to be a millionaire (I got to half a mill.) and Trivial Pursuit on on board computer. We arrived at Singapore and had to wait for about 3 hours in which I tested the Singaporese sewrage system and Sarah tasted a very hot noodle dish and then she tested the Singaporese sewrage system! We took off froma wet Singapore on time and flew over Indonesia and then the Indian Ocean before flying over Oz. Our first view was at Port Headland where there were some oil rigs blazing away in the middle of the night. We got a little more sleep on this flight. We touched down at Melbourne at about 7.15 am on 29 Dec and it was cloudy! (To be continued)
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