We went to check in for our 8am flight to Sydney at 6am to be told that flights were running a bit late - did we want to get the 6am flight instead? So, with seconds to spare, we went through our most stringent examination at a security checkpoint ever, ran to the furthest gate at the airport and arrived just as they were about to take our luggage off the flight. Thankfully things were a bit calmer the other end. We're staying with Julie's friend, Deborah, in M...