Moving - Part 2
We've just completed our first full day in Australia after having flown over yesterday (and the day before). After having spent the night at Lesely & Dave's in Maidenhead on Monday, we set off soon after 8am to get to Heathrow - Lesley and Daniel took the five of us and luggage up in 2 cars.
Once at Heathrow, we met Simon, who had arranged with his contacts to 'fast track' us through the check-in and security stages - much appreciated but quite embarrassing as we jumped the queue with our luggage. The flight left on time, soon after midday and 12 hours later we were in Singapore after a good flight, helped by having 8 seats between the 5 of us.
After a very brief stop-over in Changi Airport, we were off again for a 7 hour flight to Sydney which started to take its toll with tiredness and boredom. Next time we may well split the flight with an overnight break, but we wanted to get there quickly and this was certainly the quickest way of doing it.
Although we arrived at 7pm, it was dark at this time of year and, once the customs process was completed, we collected our hire car and drove through the city, over the bridge and up the coast to our rented holiday house. We found it easily enough and were there within the hour, where the owners were waiting for us and we ended the day with some champagne (left for us) and pizza (bought on the drive). More about the house later...
Our first day greeted us with blue skies and sunshine, which was fortunate as there had been unseasonal heavy rain and winds over the previous few days. We walked down to the local beach first thing and discovered lots of small 'plastic bags' along the beach. We later discovered that these were 'bluebottles' (aka Portuguese Man of War) and Sue was fortunate to avoid a painful sting since she picked one up to inspect it!
We then took a drive around the areas where the main schools are located that we need to choose from. The roads around this area are generally wide and free-flowing, so it was easy to get around and great to be back in the area. Looking forward to the next few days, weeks, months...
Clive
We've just completed our first full day in Australia after having flown over yesterday (and the day before). After having spent the night at Lesely & Dave's in Maidenhead on Monday, we set off soon after 8am to get to Heathrow - Lesley and Daniel took the five of us and luggage up in 2 cars.
Once at Heathrow, we met Simon, who had arranged with his contacts to 'fast track' us through the check-in and security stages - much appreciated but quite embarrassing as we jumped the queue with our luggage. The flight left on time, soon after midday and 12 hours later we were in Singapore after a good flight, helped by having 8 seats between the 5 of us.
After a very brief stop-over in Changi Airport, we were off again for a 7 hour flight to Sydney which started to take its toll with tiredness and boredom. Next time we may well split the flight with an overnight break, but we wanted to get there quickly and this was certainly the quickest way of doing it.
Although we arrived at 7pm, it was dark at this time of year and, once the customs process was completed, we collected our hire car and drove through the city, over the bridge and up the coast to our rented holiday house. We found it easily enough and were there within the hour, where the owners were waiting for us and we ended the day with some champagne (left for us) and pizza (bought on the drive). More about the house later...
Our first day greeted us with blue skies and sunshine, which was fortunate as there had been unseasonal heavy rain and winds over the previous few days. We walked down to the local beach first thing and discovered lots of small 'plastic bags' along the beach. We later discovered that these were 'bluebottles' (aka Portuguese Man of War) and Sue was fortunate to avoid a painful sting since she picked one up to inspect it!
We then took a drive around the areas where the main schools are located that we need to choose from. The roads around this area are generally wide and free-flowing, so it was easy to get around and great to be back in the area. Looking forward to the next few days, weeks, months...
Clive
posted by Hawkins Family @ 8:37 pm
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