How quickly has the last month gone, in fact I think its only been 2 weeks since we arrived. There's still so much I want to see and do. The weather has been the biggest problem and yesterday showed us what it could have been like had the weather been ok. Dont get me wrong we have had a couple of days of rain but missed out on a lot of the showers however the skies have been grey and overcast for most of our stay.
Anyway after a small domestic about the time we needed to arrive at the airport we went to bed, alarm set for 03.30am. (there was no way I was going anywhere without washing my hair) ,
How is it that when you can have a lie in you're awake early but when you have to be up and about you oversleep? Alarm bells woke me with a start so like a good wife up I jump and make a cup of tea for him that doesn't do mornings. A few grunts acknowledges the fact he has a cup of tea waiting so off I go to shower. Hair washed and as clean as a new pin I return to the bedroom to find Steve snoring and his now cold cup of tea untouched. He eventually gets up, showers and we stuff the last few bits in the cases.
its a good job we were early because we had to fill the car with fuel before we could take it back to the hire company. We had passed a service area on the motorway the night before but despite the low fuel warning 'ding' having gone off Steve didn't stop - "there's plenty of fuel we'll stop in the morning" However when we got to the service area there wasn't one on our side of the motorway but not a problem as the junctions were close we could exit the motorway and drive the other way, get fuel and then rejoin the motorway in the right direction again. Unfortunately in between the services and the exit slip road we realised the opposite carriageway was closed with road works so our plan was thwarted. No problem there's bound to be another one on our way to the airport. So for the next 20km I was quietly panicking, making polite conversation to hide both my anger and anxiety to a background of 'dings' warning us we had no fuel and not a garage in sight. We just about made it on petrol fumes with great sighs of relief from both of us.
The fun didn't stop there. The weight restrictions on our luggage for this part of our trip were less than on the long haul flights and I knew we were close on our limit. I'll admit to having gone on about it but I didn't want to have to pay excess baggage fees. It was with my fingers crossed we approached the check-in desk. To my surprise our hand luggage was over but our hold bags were underweight. This resulted in us having to distribute things around the cases to get within the weight limits. We were on our hands and knees infront of all the other people waiting to check in but managed to do it without putting our dirty washing on show!
All sorted Australia here we come!
The fun didn't stop there. The weight restrictions on our luggage for this part of our trip were less than on the long haul flights and I knew we were close on our limit. I'll admit to having gone on about it but I didn't want to have to pay excess baggage fees. It was with my fingers crossed we approached the check-in desk. To my surprise our hand luggage was over but our hold bags were underweight. This resulted in us having to distribute things around the cases to get within the weight limits. We were on our hands and knees infront of all the other people waiting to check in but managed to do it without putting our dirty washing on show!
All sorted Australia here we come!
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