kate and graeme

Should’ve put this post up yesterday, but the laptop never came out (well, mine didn’t… Graeme, of course, had his out within 10 minutes of walking in the door…).
Our first port of call in Australia ended up being Melbourne, but just the airport tarmac. Sydney was fogged in and we were diverted to Melbourne, along with a million other planes. We were 7 hours late by the time we finally landed in Sydney. Needless to say, those hours spent sitting in the plane in Melbourne made us eternally grateful for the wonders of frequent flyer points - business class was already sweet, but it would have been torture to get almost there and then spend 7 more hours crammed in economy. Before you ask, no, we weren’t allowed to leave the plane in Melbourne. The whole experience was frustrating, but we can’t fault anyone who was aboard the plane - the Qantas crew were fantastic.
So, after 3 years and 4 months, we’re back in Sydney. Home for now is with my parents and youngest brother in a house they moved to about the same time as we got married, so have never actually lived in. Lily is already getting used to having a bunch of new people around and everyone commented about how great she was on the flight. Looking forward to catching up with all our family and friends and settling back into life here.

Oh, and just so you know…
- We will eventually get around to posting about all the other trips we did while we were overseas.
- We plan to continue to use this site to document the things going on with us and our adventures back here in Australia.

We are currently in Singapore, writing this from a free computer in the Qantas Business Class Lounge.  The whole Business Class thing has been cool so far and Lily has been exceptional.  Though not sure how we would have handled her in economy.  Not long till we are in Sydney, we are so looking forward to seeing everyone.