I left work on Tuesday evening and headed to Heathrow for the airport. I was coming home to Melbourne.
The first part of my Qantas journey was smooth. I slept most of the way to Bangkok after a tiring week. After refuelling at Bangkok, the plane sat on the tarmac for over an hour waiting for a part to be replaced. Once we landed in Sydney we were late enough for me to miss my connecting flight to Melbourne. They put me on the next flight to Melbourne, but that, too, was delayed, due to a no-show passenger, followed by a plane with a medical emergency needing to land.
Once I finally landed in Melbourne on Thursday lunchtime, it turned out my suitcase hadn't. I left the airport anyway after my 27-hour flight and overall over-30-hour journey. I managed to keep myself awake until the suitcase finally arrived.
The last few days have been great, catching up with family and friends, and today heading out to the St Kilda Festival - a free music festival at the beachside inner-Melbourne area of St Kilda.
