Trip to Australia

Adventures in dystopian travel

As we were finally allowed to I flew to Queensland (the first Australian State to open to the non-jabbed) on the 4th May via the cheapest place to fly out of NZ at the time, Wellington, catching up with both family and M from Substack in the Wellington region on the 3rd. I kept a diary. The last 9 days included an unexpected delay of 7 days, in a Melbourne apartment by myself, courtesy of Jacinda.

3rd May

It was a bit of a rush to the airport, was probably a minute or two late but after a brief word to each other the Air NZ staff allowed me on the flight. There was only one flight at the time, so no other passengers other than for NZ680 to Wellington (go for it numerologists but how do you know i've given you the right details?) so they knew I was travelling to Wellington.

Rikki is still hobbling a little and had taken car to carpark so I had to rush out there grab my jacket and say our goodbyes there. I didn't look for the poo car (Ingrid was not at home last night) as not enough time a…