harvyk
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Day 1 – Canberra to Hong Kong
QF560 – CBR – SYD – B737-400 - :-|
QF127 – SYD – HKG – B747-400 -
The morning started early, after being given a lift to CBR airport at 5:00am, after checking in, just after I’d taken my laptop out of my bag, there was a mate of mine also standing in the queue. I kind of wished I’d know, as he could have given me a lift in (as he lives almost right next to me), rather than getting Dad out of bed at stupid O’Clock to drive me in.
Guested my mate into the QP, and found out he was doing CBR-MEL-ADL-MEL-CBR that day.
We both got calls to start boarding at almost the same time, and I went to board my CBR-SYD flight. The flight itself was nothing special, just the standard “positioning” flight to deal with the fact CBR is not an international airport, no matter how many times CBR Airport CEO says it is.
Arrive in SYD, and decide I’ll catch the train across to T1. After arriving at T1, I found the travelex store, to find out there are two of them landside, and I’d went to the wrong one. After finding the right one, I picked up my cash (pre-ordering gives very similar rates to the CommBank in CBR).
I then cleared security and went to pre-order my duty free (100 Proof Southern Comfort, can’t find it in Australia outside of DF stores) so I can pick up on the way back.
I decided to wonder over to the “other” (read non QF side) of T1, given I’d never been there. After going for a good walk around I went and found the J lounge, where they had a barista who knew how to make good coffee.
After about an hour, walked over to the gate and then joined the queue to board.
The flight itself was fairly uneventful. A bit of turbulence over north QLD \ NT, but nothing too eventful (didn’t warrant seatbelt sign), although we were battling serious headwinds all the way there which meant we were about an hour late to arrive.
After arriving I walked over to the immigration, standard practises there, then over to baggage claim. For some reason they decided three different flights should use the one baggage carousel, even though there was empty ones behind us. (It was working as another flight had just finished using it) Out came QF F, then nothing, then a whole plane load of DL, then some QF J’s, then the normal QF bags. In fact priority tagged was the absolute last to come out. (I would not pay a cent for that “service”).
Went through the “green channel”, and went landside to see a guy standing there with a trolley and a sign with my name on it. I followed him and he took me to my bus which took me to my hotel. After going past every other hotel in Kowloon, I finally arrived at my hotel. Next time I’ll use a combination of Train \ Taxi, as it’ll be cheaper and quicker.
After arriving at my hotel I was told that I had been given a room upgrade and was now going to be staying in an apartment room, which was very nice.
Went down to the bar and decided to try a Singapore Sling. (I think the restaurant was sponsored by SQ, as there was a lot of SQ \ Singapore stuff around, inc models of the SQ planes), and then called it a night.
QF560 – CBR – SYD – B737-400 - :-|
QF127 – SYD – HKG – B747-400 -
The morning started early, after being given a lift to CBR airport at 5:00am, after checking in, just after I’d taken my laptop out of my bag, there was a mate of mine also standing in the queue. I kind of wished I’d know, as he could have given me a lift in (as he lives almost right next to me), rather than getting Dad out of bed at stupid O’Clock to drive me in.
Guested my mate into the QP, and found out he was doing CBR-MEL-ADL-MEL-CBR that day.
We both got calls to start boarding at almost the same time, and I went to board my CBR-SYD flight. The flight itself was nothing special, just the standard “positioning” flight to deal with the fact CBR is not an international airport, no matter how many times CBR Airport CEO says it is.
Arrive in SYD, and decide I’ll catch the train across to T1. After arriving at T1, I found the travelex store, to find out there are two of them landside, and I’d went to the wrong one. After finding the right one, I picked up my cash (pre-ordering gives very similar rates to the CommBank in CBR).
I then cleared security and went to pre-order my duty free (100 Proof Southern Comfort, can’t find it in Australia outside of DF stores) so I can pick up on the way back.
I decided to wonder over to the “other” (read non QF side) of T1, given I’d never been there. After going for a good walk around I went and found the J lounge, where they had a barista who knew how to make good coffee.
After about an hour, walked over to the gate and then joined the queue to board.
The flight itself was fairly uneventful. A bit of turbulence over north QLD \ NT, but nothing too eventful (didn’t warrant seatbelt sign), although we were battling serious headwinds all the way there which meant we were about an hour late to arrive.
After arriving I walked over to the immigration, standard practises there, then over to baggage claim. For some reason they decided three different flights should use the one baggage carousel, even though there was empty ones behind us. (It was working as another flight had just finished using it) Out came QF F, then nothing, then a whole plane load of DL, then some QF J’s, then the normal QF bags. In fact priority tagged was the absolute last to come out. (I would not pay a cent for that “service”).
Went through the “green channel”, and went landside to see a guy standing there with a trolley and a sign with my name on it. I followed him and he took me to my bus which took me to my hotel. After going past every other hotel in Kowloon, I finally arrived at my hotel. Next time I’ll use a combination of Train \ Taxi, as it’ll be cheaper and quicker.
After arriving at my hotel I was told that I had been given a room upgrade and was now going to be staying in an apartment room, which was very nice.
Went down to the bar and decided to try a Singapore Sling. (I think the restaurant was sponsored by SQ, as there was a lot of SQ \ Singapore stuff around, inc models of the SQ planes), and then called it a night.