First full day in Australia, albeit, a familiar part having been to Sydney twice before and on both occasions stayed in Coogee. Awake early as the change in the body clock had not quite adjusted so down to the Coogee Cafe for breakfast and the internet. Great bacon and egg sandwich. Off on the bus to Circular Quay and a day to check what has changed or not ; more the same than changed as it turned out. Looked around downtown then to Darling Harbour. All this ar...

Arrived Sydney 09.00 forty minutes late. Unfortunately, as we were about to leave Hong Kong a passenger was taken ill so we were delayed as their baggage was removed (no indication it was Percy) Great flight on a Qantas A360 airbus. I have to say the space and comfort of the Airbus was much better than the BA Boeing 777. Great food and wine also provided with PJ's if you want them. Most people did get changed into them but British reserve suggested we did not. Du...

We arrived into Hong Kong pretty much on time so we now have 3/4 hours to pass until the Qantas flight to Sydney. Our main concern was to know if Percy was at the airport also - we will not know and there is nothing we can do. Have heard they like suckling pig in this part of the world so hopefully Percy and friend are keeping quiet and staying in the bag. After a look around the part of the airport we are in, including the purchase of a new flash disc for the c...

The great walkabout has begun with our flight to Hong Kong being the first stage So far..... Peter kindly took us to Heathrow arriving at 18.30pm for a 21.00 flight on BA. We needed to ensure sufficient time to enjoy the Business Class lounge. Not quite the easy start we anticipated though. It started smoothly through check in, including being able to check our bags all the way through to Sydney despite flying Qantus on the Hong Kong to Sydney leg. Off to securit...