The view from my "office"

[JohnM]

Here’s one for you peeps.

A moth in my NP Rabbit Food (TM). Now, I happen to know a bit about entomology, but this specimen, once flooded in Birch & Waite balsamic & olive oil vinaigrette, defied identification .

 

[p--and--t]

Here’s one for you peeps.

A moth in my NP Rabbit Food (TM). Now, I happen to know a bit about entomology, but this specimen, once flooded in Birch & Waite balsamic & olive oil vinaigrette, defied identification .

Jeez you statused flyers get all the extra perks. Wasn't the species name listed on the menu? - possibly a reason for complaint.

 

[Daver6]

Finally, the NP weeds have been made more exciting!

 

[Denali]

Jeez you statused flyers get all the extra perks. Wasn't the name listed on the menu? - possibly a reason for complaint.

An amuse bouche from the chef?

 

[JohnM]

Jeez you statused flyers get all the extra perks. Wasn't the name listed on the menu? - possibly a reason for complaint.

Aaaahh - but here’s the truly hilarious thing:

I am, by profession, an agricultural entomologist (despite @juddles trying to label me a botanist ). As I said to the CSM, I am the best possible person on the flight for this to happen to . Anyone else would probably cough themselves.

Totally ironic .

She said that it was unfortunate that it was at the bottom of the bowl and that I only discovered it after I had finished the NP Rabbit Food (TM).

”Oh, no.”, says me. ”I discovered it half way through my gorging on this delicacy. I kept eating.“

CSM’s eyes open wider .

A little compensation has come my way...



Dang - iThing goes berserk yet again....

 

[JohnM]

An amuse bouche from the chef?

Not just ANY chef, but the most famous ’fresh food’ ponytail in all of Australia .

Aaaahh - but don’t forget peeps, this is ‘sustainably’-produced NP Rabbit Food (TM) .

I did tell the CSM that this was already on social media. (But made it clear that I was not having a shot at the lovely crew.)

This has made my Saturday .

 

[JohnM]

Back to the mundane...

Glorious day for flying.

 

[JohnM]

Gaaahh, pics vanished again.

 

[JohnM]

Oops, no they didn’t. WiFi pauses are very confusing,

 

[Flashback]

Nope, they're still there!

 

[Hvr]

A moth in my NP Rabbit Food (TM)

That'll teach you to open your wallet on the plane.

 

[drron]

That's one of your better ones Hvr.

 

[JohnM]

I’ve just shown this traffic to the CSM. She p!ssed herself!

What a great day!

Fabulous end to my excellent Sub-Antarctic islands trip.

BTW, @drron, we had two landings on Macquarie Island (‘Macca’ to us insiders ). The first day was the most perfect weather of the whole trip (although it was all pretty good), to the point that I was down to a short-sleeve shirt.

Just awesome .

 

[JohnM]

The CSM just added this to my freebies.

 

[JohnM]

A few more pics, coming into WA.

 

[kermatu]

Into and then in Auckland.

 

[Antoallison]

A few more pics, coming into WA.

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When you land at Perth airport (Hades) and are greeted by a wall of heat ...you may wish you were back in the Antarctic region !
Welcome home.

 

[RooFlyer]

A little compensation has come my way...

The CSM just added this to my freebies.

These are very important data points. I'm guessing value of the wine c$10 each?

So a moth in the meal is worth $20 (or whatever it turns out to be). From this we can extrapolate for flies, earwigs, crickets etc.

 

[Daver6]

These are very important data points. I'm guessing value of the wine c$10 each?

So a moth in the meal is worth $20 (or whatever it turns out to be). From this we can extrapolate for flies, earwigs, crickets etc.

I wonder what compensation you'd get if you found a cherry tomato or olive in your NP weeds?

 

[JohnM]

Well, I think I may have a little fun with QF.

I would have ignored the moth-in-NP rabbit Food (TM) matter - but within <1h of landing I had a 'How was Qantas?' email feedback request specifically for my SYD-PER flight today. Not one, but the first one repeated 1 minute later.

They clearly REALLY want to get my feedback.

I now feel hugely obligated to respond....

It doesn't take any imagination to guess that my comment theme will centre around moth-in-salad gives a whole new meaning to the 'NP fresh and seasonal' BS mantra. What is more, it could even be seen as giving new meaning to the 'sustainable' marketing BS sloganeering...