The flight to Australia was uneventful, with the exception that we managed to have 3 little bottles of wine at 10am and still managed to get through customs. There was an unexpected sniffer dog at the baggage area, luckily my bamboo chopsticks weren't deemed a national risk!! My immediate impressions of Australia were positive, although the cost of everything was a massive shock. Despite the warnings given by everyone about the price of everything, paying ten d...