My first full day in Australia I wake up early and have showered,had an expensive coffee and am walking around the city by 6am. It will take a while for my body to adjust to the time difference but I actually don't feel tired at all. I am amazed at the amount of people around at such an early hour. The city is buzzing with people on their way to work, people jogging by the river and having breakfast in the numerous outdoor eateries. I assume people just start th...

I finally arrive at Brisbane. It's been 31 hours since I left my house in Toronto. I flew to Sydney via Vancouver where we touched down to refuel and pick up more passengers. They did let us off the plane into a waiting room for about an hour. This was nice as it provided the opportunity to stretch the legs a little before we continued on to Sydney which would be a 15 hour flight from Vancouver. The Air Canada flight was actually fine. I was worried that I would ...