Our Trip to Sydney Australia

Our Trip to Sydney Australia - Day 1

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Julie Cook - 17 Dec 2005 07:04 GMT

I can't do our trip justice tonight because it is late and I'm getting
sleepy. But I thought I'd post a day at a time to share with you. I'll try
to post pictures within 24 hours of each installment so you can see what we
were up to.

We arrived in Sydney after 25 hours of travel time - the last 14 hours on a
Quantas plane. Quantas is a very nice airline and the flight wasn't nearly
as dreadful as I had anticipated. We breezed through Customs despite the
idea that I felt I needed to claim the catnip toys I had. They were
primarily interested in pet food but they do have a question on the Customs
form questioning if we had plants or seeds. Catnip is a plant with seed.

So we make it through, get our car and head out. Rusty had carefully
printed instructions from Mapquest to

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Adrian - 18 Dec 2005 11:33 GMT

> I can't do our trip justice tonight because it is late and I'm getting
> sleepy. But I thought I'd post a day at a time to share with you.
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> So we make it through, get our car and head out. Rusty had carefully
> printed instructions from Mapquest to

Where can we see the pictures? BTW, I've just noticed you put a 'u' in
Qantas, it shouldn't be there. ;o)

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 19 Dec 2005 07:12 GMT

> Quantas is a very nice airline and the flight wasn't nearly
> as dreadful as I had anticipated.

And they've never had a plane crash, either. :) (OK, what movie am
I referencing?)

Joyce

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Helen Wheels - 19 Dec 2005 08:11 GMT

> > Quantas is a very nice airline and the flight wasn't nearly
> > as dreadful as I had anticipated.
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>
> Joyce

Rain man, right?

Qantas _has_ had the odd accident, but thankfully no fatal ones.
Everyone got out of this one in 1999 (nervous flyers had better not look

:) ) http://www.atsb.gov.au/aviation/editorials/e00012.aspx

Apparently the last one before that was in 1960, and everyone on board
survived that one too. Still a pretty good record!

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Yoj - 19 Dec 2005 09:02 GMT

> > > Quantas is a very nice airline and the flight wasn't nearly
> > > as dreadful as I had anticipated.
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>
> Rain man, right?

Yup. It was Rainman. Incidentally, I had seen that movie in the theater a
couple of months before I flew somewhere (not on Qantas). They showed the
movie on the flight, but for some reason, they cut out that airport scene.
<G>

Joy

> Qantas _has_ had the odd accident, but thankfully no fatal ones.
> Everyone got out of this one in 1999 (nervous flyers had better not look
> :) ) http://www.atsb.gov.au/aviation/editorials/e00012.aspx
>
> Apparently the last one before that was in 1960, and everyone on board
> survived that one too. Still a pretty good record!

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 19 Dec 2005 10:31 GMT

> > > Quantas is a very nice airline and the flight wasn't nearly
> > > as dreadful as I had anticipated.
> >
> > And they've never had a plane crash, either. :) (OK, what movie am
> > I referencing?)

> Rain man, right?

Ding ding ding!! :)

Because that movie was the first place where I ever heard of Qantas, I
now can't hear any mention of it without thinking of that airport scene
in the movie.

> Qantas _has_ had the odd accident, but thankfully no fatal ones.
> Everyone got out of this one in 1999

Ah, but that was well *after* Rainman (1988). I guess all good records
have to be ruined sooner or later.

Joyce

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