I’m back from Singapore now – was an okay trip – nothing really exciting happened, was too busy working to do much else. The trip home was “interesting”. As many frequent travellers know – “interesting” is not something you generally want from a flight … boring and uneventful are usually best !! Fortunately there was … [Read More »]

With the upcoming release of the Airbus A380 double-decker wide-bodies long-haul aircraft (heck, even the description is big !), there is much posturing and posing by the various airlines about how good the in-flight experience will be. Here’s one take on all of this: Sneak preview of the A380 travel experience (8.5MB WMV)

I knew there was a reason I didn’t take early morning flights, but rather preferred to fly in the night before ! My flight this morning – the 7:15am flight from Sydney to Melbourne – stood on the taxiway near the far end of runway 2 at Sydney airport (a LONG way from the terminal), … [Read More »]

Home at last (This is labelled as days 34 & 35, since we crossed the date line on the way home, effectively losing the day we gained on the way there). Our entire trip lasted 35 days all up. Our flight, QF108 from LAX to SYD was uneventful – the best kind really. It was … [Read More »]

Warner Bros, Hollywood, LAX – SYD Got up early this morning, had breakfast and then jumped in the car and drove a couple of miles across to Burbank, where we went on the Warner Bros VIP tour, which took us around the front and backlots of their studios there. We saw quite a lot of … [Read More »]