Tag Archives: Melbourne

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Melbourne to Seoul

Melbourne to Seoul It’s an early morning start to be on time for Cathay Pacific flight 134 from Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport, the first leg of the flights from Melbourne to Seoul. The automated bag labeling […]

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Johannesburg, South Africa

During a leisurely breakfast at the Intercontinental’s Quills restaurant at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, an SMS arrives from Qantas that QF64 has been delayed by 70 minutes. That’s okay, I can still make […]

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Emirates Melbourne to Paris

A last minute decision in mid-November has found me spending Christmas and New Year in Paris. A great deal on a business class fare from Qantas and one of the last three apartments available from […]

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Arctic 2013

Here we go… the start of Arctic 2013 – a series of blog entries documenting my travels from Melbourne to Sydney, Sydney to Paris, Paris to Oslo,  an expedition to the Arctic lands of Norway, […]

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Baggage mishaps – Melbourne to Sydney

Not an auspicious start to the trip that I’m calling “Epic 2012”. Qantas domestic baggage system fails completely on Sunday afternoon, with a huge line of passengers having to check in their bags in the […]