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Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Melbourne to Hobart Tasmania



Sadly our time at Andrew and Heather's Burke and Wills Winery and our days with John and Marilyn at the Rowanston on the Track Winery have come to an end and we must hit the road for Hobart and all points North, South, East and West. This is our farewell photo with Andrew, in front of his newly painted sign as you approach his property. The second photo is another sad farewell, our last photo with Peter Crone who along with his wonderful wife Jane looked after us so well in Melbourne, thanks guys, your hostpitality was Amazing. The Burke and Wills photo was taken by the lovely Barbara who we will say goodbye to at Melbourne airport as she sets off on her travels around Australia and on to New Zealand. We really have enjoyed her company for the few short days she spent with us in the outback, our blood was shed amongst the vines where the Merlot grows, Bon Voyage Barbara. Once again our luck seems to have run out at Airports, thank you Jet Star. We were overweight, our baggage that is, and had to pay an extra $20 each, our flight which was then delayed by four hours. There were a few heated exchanges from our fellow passengers who were not over impressed by the delays, Fortunately we are seasoned travellers so Vin and I took it all in our stride and made the most of the meal vouchers provided to go off and have a curry. While everyone else was grabbing hand fulls of complaints forms I turned ours down and was rewarded with an extra meal voucher which we both appreciated. Surely everyone knows they rip them up anyway! Let me digress and tell you about the mobile phone we were loaned by Alex in Singapore. We have carried this phone around with us for two weeks now without the slighted idea of how to use it. On various occasions we have enlisted the advise of various intellectual giants to unravel the mysteries of such simple functions as turning it on, making a phone call or even answering an incoming call. It has defeated us all. The along came the wonderful Jenn, a fellow detainee at Melbourne Airport, tall blond, young and bubbly who was actually a air hostess with Jet Star. Vin spotted an opportunity to unlock the mysteries of the Sony T2020 Frustration. With a twink of her bright blue, or were they green, eyes she had the dead thing singing and dancing to the tune of Waltzing Matilda, so we can now phone the world. Thank you Jess. Where were we, well, we have now arrived late in Hobart Tasmania for a very quick visit and one concert before moving on to Adelaide to stay with Eric Bogle. Our host Roger Joseph will be collecting us at Hobart, I hope he is a patient man, were 5 hours late! A very special thank you to all of our friends and audiences in and around Melbourne for making our stay in Victoria so memorable, we enjoyed your company, your laughter, the food and the wine. It's just as well they didn't weigh us as we boarded the plane! See you all in Adelaide.

1 comment:

  1. On all domestic routes Jetstar has a buy on board single class service offering food and drinks for purchase.
    Melbourne Airport

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