Day 10 Travelling home
We had a well-deserved sleep-in and then went down to the dining room for breakfast. Even though Johnny had organized for a late check- out, we thought it best to do the full pack up and store our bags in the hotel store downstairs. We took a walk down Queen St to the wharf, but the QE has long sailed. We walked across a bridge to the revived Wyndham Quarter, which was a hive of activity. Building works were going on everywhere, converting the once industrial area into a beautiful dockside precinct. We guessed that this was in preparation for the America’s Cup defence in 2021 as the Emirates crew headquarters was also down there.
We walked far into the distance and came across a distant wharf where the super-rich tie up their super rich yachts. There was one monster that John and I guessed must have cost at least 50 million. Wrong! Later research showed that in 2008 it cost about 300 million.
Walking back, we stopped for a coffee and then walked back to the hotel for our luggage. Luckily, the airport shuttle bus picked us up at the door of the hotel. We wound our way through the city and finally hit the freeway. Johnny had already checked us in so we checked in our own luggage and went to the Diners Lounge upstairs. We had a lovely lunch and able to charge up our devices for the journey back to Melbourne. Virgin had a lot of in-flight entertainment but to access it you needed your own phone or I-pad. The journey home was uneventful but the descent and landing in Melbourne was a bit bumpy. Still, a strong tailwind delivered us home earlier than expected. As planned Ginny was there to deliver us home.
We’d has a lovely time away but it was great to arrive home. We set to unpacking and washing clothes straight away and before we knew it it was 10pm (or midnight NZ time). Bed!
