Sydney to Adelaide

8 1/2 hours later and we have arrived in Sydney.  )Food was good but surprisingly to me at least, the service wasn't as good as with Virgin Atlantic. Watched a dead boring movie then got stuck into watching more of the 'House of Cards' tv series (with Kevin Spacey); looking forward to it coming to Oz one day, but it will ahve to be on free tv as I still haven't bothered to hook up to Foxtel.  Very glad to touch down on Oz soil, and a very smooth landing it was. Very easy to get through Immigration with the e passport, but Jan's bag took ages to arrive and we then queued with the rest of the great unwashed to get through Customs, which we eventually manged to do, reasonably unscathed. Then down to Virgin Domestic transfers and onto the bus for the short ride to the domestic terminal.  Once more into the breach, we headed for the Virgin club lounge and having Jan as a friend who is 'special' does occasionally pay off as her Platinum membership got us in once again.. That girl really does have some redeeming qualities!!! So here we now sit, sipping our lattes wondering whether to have pancakes or muffins.  Our next and final plane of this journey leaves in another 2 1/2 hours.
As I am typing away Jan is reading her book, but has just interrupted me to show me that she is using the sick bag from the aeroplane as her current book mark - what was it I was just saying about  redeeming qualities??? We are probably going to have to move seats soon too,  as there is a big cement pillar behind the lounge chair Jan has chosen to sit in, but she keeps hitting her head on it. (my theory about our DV relationship really does have merit...)
It is hard to imagine that by later this afternoon my suitcase will have been emptied, the first load of washing underway, a hot coffee on the go and any thing I've purchased while away will be sitting on the dining table until I can remember who I bought what for.  It has been a great holiday and I feel like I've actually had 3 holidays in 1 with Europe, Iceland and the UK as my travel itineraries.  Hope you've enjoyed the trip.  You will have time to rest up now until our next foray into the unknown, which is likely to be to Norfolk Island in December.  That should prove very interesting and potentially entertaining as I take on the role of Travel Director for a group of people I have never met before.  But in the mean time, fasten that seat belt, get your seat back into the upright position, return your tray table, put up the footrest and turn off all electronic devices pending arrival at our final destination of this current tour.
Stay tuned...