When we arrived Melbourne it was really busy in customs and we had a long wait for my bag, but we got through relatively stress free and with all our baggage. We were then met by the lovely Ash & Natasha in the arrivals hall, who presented us with a lovely welcome gift of Australian snacks and treats! They then gave us a lift to our apartment via a mini tour of Melbourne suburbs due to road closures and diversions. We arrived at our AirBnB apartment block a...

And we're off, after a nice breakfast (Pancakes for Emma, Poached Eggs on Toast for me) and a stroll around duty free, with a slight flight delay we were airborne! Somehow Emma managed to negotiate the window seat for the whole trip and I can see why, within about 20 seconds of sitting in our seat, a lady sat next to me and started telling me her life story...I'm all for being polite but this was a 22 hour flight and i think she got the impression that I wanted ...