A week away to Longreach and Winton, Queensland
17 th July A 4:30am start for our 6am flight, preceded by a fairly sleepless night. “Will the alarm go off?” One small drama at the airport. I was not checking my bag as I wanted access to some things while waiting in Brisbane airport. I forgot I had packed my manicure set – SCISSORS!! The very short bladed offending weapons were removed and disposed of. We went on our merry way to the gate. Me with my other ‘weapon’ a metal nail file – go figure!! Uneventful flight to BNE. We whiled away the hours (the expected 4 ½ hrs of them) comfortably, people watching, listening to podcasts, dozing. As our scheduled flight time drew ever closer, so too did a slight anxiety creep in. Why is no gate assigned?? Eventually one was allocated. We left late but it was really of no consequence. Not one to be superstitious, we did note we were in seats 13A and 13B! Our flight only left an hour late – apologies all round as our original aircraft had ‘technical difficulties’. Perhaps just ...