The first day.

 Saturday 17 May 2025

Today, we fly! but first a visit to Daphne at the Capricornia Gardens home. Jim, Nikita and the boys came along too. She is still doing OK, and enjoyed our visit- the last for three months. Then we packed five bags into the car, and drove to Jim and Nikita's place to begin our journey. From there we drove to Rockhampton airport with Nikita in the back seat - she drove the Jeep back home.

 

The Jeep was just big enough

 

The flight from Rockhampton to Brisbane was scheduled to depart at 2:40 PM. It was delayed by 15 minutes. However, we boarded at the revised time, and had a fast trip to Brisbane. the flight time was 55 minutes, and the Embraer 190 plane was quite comfortable. It could hold about 100 passengers, and our flight was full.

 

The view from the window was shaded by the wing, but still amazing

 

After retrieving our THREE big bags from the carousel (yes, we bought extra baggage from QANTAS), we headed out to the pickup area. Mikeal picked us up a few minutes later, and drove us home. I was in the back under one of the big bags - weighing in at about 20 kilograms. The other two bags had filled the boot of the Corolla, and the rest of the rear seat of the car was occupied by a child booster seat, and two smaller bags.

As soon as Mikeal drove the car drove into  his garage, Danny was out to meet us. He danced around and hugged us before taking us inside; I think he likes us. For the rest of the evening, we did very little and I am now contemplating a bit of reading followed by an early night.