Brisbane, Queensland
I left Alice Springs in what looked more like British conditions, rather than Australian ones. It poured, but they can't be used to it, because the runway staff on the tarmac was smiling away whilst it tippled down. When I was on the plane, the gentleman next to me said "it doesn't feel like Alice springs, it feels more like we're taking off from Manchester Airport". He wasn't far wrong. I did a bit of thinking on the plane that was nearly 3 hours lon...