Days 13 and 14

8th/9th Nov 2024

Our time in W.A. has come to an end. We packed our bags and headed back north to Perth. A moderately boring three and a half hour drive, enlivened only by a failed attempt to take a photo of one of the plastic cows in Cowaramup, through the window of the Land Cruiser.

We had a short stop in Bunberry for lunch and a detour into central Perth to drop Brian off at his hotel. He was heading to Adelaide in a couple of days. We were headed to the airport, had something to eat, then settled down to wait for our flight.

An overnight flight that leaves at 19:00 takes six hours and arrives at 06:00 the following day, is not my idea of a fun flight. On arrival, we were awake enough to remember to dump our uneaten bananas in the quarantine bin. NZ is quite strict about food and livestock imports. Also awake enough to find our driver.

He took us to our hotel. We expected that we would have to wait until afternoon to check in, but they said that the room was ready at 8:30 a.m.

We had a shower, went back down, and had breakfast. After breakfast we decided that a nap was required.

When we woke up we went off to explore Auckland and see if it had changed in the thirty five or so years since the last time I was there. Short answer, it has, a lot. More information in the next post.