Travel to Tullamarine Airport.
My morning started early, with a 5:15 airport
bus on https://www.skybus.com.au/ to Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne and it’s easily one of the best $39
I’ll spend. No traffic to negotiate, no fortnight of parking to pay for, no
tolls. Just get on, sit down and let it all happen. I said my goodbyes to the
kiddos late the night before and Paul dropped me off early before he started
work. It was rainy and cold and thoroughly Melbourne wintery waiting for the
bus to arrive. We hugged a lot and whispered our quiet last minute family
reminders and waved good bye as we have for twenty five years, with a blow
kiss, a catch of each other’s kiss... then we gobble the same kiss up. That’s
what 25 years of marriage gives you, these personal little rituals.
The check in at Virgin (https://www.virginaustralia.com/au/en/ ) was relatively smooth. As
it turns out because I was travelling from Melbourne to Brisbane on Wednesday,
then Brisbane -Los Angeles-San Francisco on Thursday, the lovely assistant
checked me into all three flights. The flight to Brisbane was oh so smooth and
not long after I arrived, I had taken my bags to Michelle’s place and was back
on the commute to Southbank for a solo tacos and a cider lunch in my favourite
Brisbane people watching spot. Southbank is absolutely gorgeous with its
restaurants and river side vistas. From a swimmers perspective, Southbank has a
fantastic man made swimming lagoon, compete with sand beach shores and life
guards. It’s the perfect place to bring the kiddos for a dip, or lie around on
the reclining chairs and catch some winter rays.
For more info on Southbank Brisbane visit: https://www.visitbrisbane.com.au/south-bank?sc_lang=en-au
Instagram post : https://www.instagram.com/p/B1axxKpgNaf/
I poodled into the city, shopped in the malls ,
exchanged some Aussie dollars into Americano dollars ( https://www.travelmoneyoz.com/ ) people watched some more
then headed ‘home’ by train; Brisbane’s metro system is ridiculously easy to
use, especially if you live near a train station as Michelle does.
Michelle and I hit her local for dinner, burgers
and another cider and tried to contain ourselves on out the upcoming adventure.
After all this planning... it really was happening!
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