Leaving Australia

This was actually the night before but I took it after doing my blog. I had never seen Mason jump on anybody before. It was just so funny. All he wanted was to give Nicole kissies (= lickies)

During the morning I took some last photos of the animals we have lived with while here. The pigeons of course. Noisy little bastards.

Sir Cocky-boy. I think he laughs like me. I love him very much. It is the only bird that i have ever seen that actually walks over to be patted.

I needed breakfast so I walked to the bakery. This is the video shop next door.

This is the St. Clements church. I do kind of regret that I lived there for two years but have never seen the inside. It's a beautiful little church.

When I came to the bakery - it was about 8AM - it was still closed. Typical.

I played with mason one last time. He has always been a very good boy around me.

Mason in his natural habitat.

We had lunch with Tony and Vicky.

This is where Nicole and I lived for nearly two years.

And then it was time to go to the airport. Driving down Prospect Road.

Checking in.

Our flight. Unfortunately the left one was for us...

One last ACE gelatti. I swear, I will make this myself one day.

Nicole's ex-colleague Heath and his daughter Ella came to say good bye to us at the airport.

Ready for departure.

To you, the reader, this may just seem the next photo, which is the luggage belt in Kuala Lumpur. But there was 8 hours if boredom, sore ass, whining and crying babies, annoying adults and some turbulance in between. Apart from that the flight was uneventful. Geetting out of the airport was an absolute breeze. So fast.

We hired a limo to drive us to the hotel. A limo here is an old Mercedes but it's a lot better than getting transported in a mini-van with 6 other people. Of course your hotel is always last on the list.

I liked how the taxi driver managed to stay in the middle lane very well, on the two lane roads...

Sydney day 1.

This was the flight leaving to Perth. We flew in a same model airplane to Sydney today for a 4 day Sydney extravaganza.

The last people boarding the Perth plane.

Singapore Airways coming in.

We arrived in Sydney safe and sound. During the first landing, the pilot decided it was best not to land on top of a slow taxi-ing plane and suddenly went full throttle and pulled right up. That was fun! The second approach went better :-)

Sydney is a lovely place. I already know that it is my favourite city in Australia. People actually live here! It was Sunday and there were people in the city! Even at night!

Walking around here feels great. It is a bit more humid than in Adelaide which feels so much nicer on my skin. The weather is lovely.

We visited Vesna and Sandy who have a bit of a huge house. This is looking down from the place.

This is looking up from their waterfront.

Sandy drove us back to the hotel and showwed us around a bit. This is the famous Sydney Harbour bridge. I was impressed! It's almost in the same category as the Eiffel tower.

This is the Sydney Opera House from accross the water. We will have a closer look soon!

So far everything has been great. The hotel is very good so far and plenty of breakfast opportunities close by.

The holiday

On our way to the airport, arriving at the drop-off.

The drop-off is well arranged already showing you on the outside where the check-in desks are for the respective airlines.

Adelaide airport is very new. It was finished a couple of years ago. It used to be something that came close to a shed. But they are now ranked as the world's second best airport. I must say it is well designed.

All flights on 1 board in the main entry hall.

Christmas also seems to have arrived at the airport.

Nicole was also quite impressed.

You used to walk over the tarmac to and from the aircraft. Now we can all go through the slurfies!

The flight to Perth was uneventfull apart from some turbulence when flying over the Perth hills. Nothing to worry about.


Opposed to all our flights from Europe to Malaysia and Australia, the flight to Perth was luckily a day flight. I really don't like night flights you see.

Birgitte was there to pick us up. She was was rather excited to see us and we were very happy to see her again too!

We walked outside just as Maurice was being kicked off the parking lot by someone who aparently had some authority over parked cars there. Thankfully we were allowed to hop onboard and we soon arrived at their little cottage.

They have a lovely veranda where we first had a drink and exchanged the latest gossip.

In the evening we walked down to the Balmoral pub for a few drinks and some food. I skipped the airplane food as the smell alone makes me vomit almost so I was rather hungry. There was another beautifull jacaranda tree along the way. These beauty's are everywhere almost.

Maurice, Nicole and Birgitte walking down the street.