Thursday – our last day – we slept in until we heard Austin astir upstairs then after a leisurely breakfast we packed the car for the last time, said goodbye to Keren, Isabella and Austin, before setting out for a trip up Mt. Wellington. We dropped Ron off in the city and then continued on up the mountain. We reached the top of the mountain only to find that it was quite cold and windy and that we were above the clouds. That is there were clouds below us blocking out much of the view of the city. However the clouds were moving fairly quickly and we thought we were about to get some good views when they started to come back from the opposite direction. Still we did enjoy the drive and the sights.
Next we decided to pay a quick visit to the Botanical Gardens, but after a bit of procrastination we got back into the car and headed for the airport. Dad dropped Mum at the drop off zone with the luggage and then returned the car to Hertz.
We then checked in through the computer check in and tried to take our bags to the luggage drop zone only to be told to get back and wait in line. Evidently they were not manning the luggage drop counter. The check in line moved very slowly as almost everyone appeared to have a problem although we went straight through.
We decided to go through to the lounge and have a coffee etc., as we had quite a while to wait. Dad went straight through the scanners but Mum set off the beeper. She took off her shoes and tried again - still no go – went through all her coat pockets still no joy. Then they said you don’t have any chocolates do you – yes Mum had the remains of a bar of chocolate in her pants pocket - this caused quite a bit of ribbing from the security staff.
We had a relaxing wait in the lounge and the flight home was good except that there were no video screens and we were flying well above thick cloud. They warned us It might be a little lumpy near Brisbane but it really was quite a smooth trip although the plane did take a big detour west to avoid much of the turbulence over NSW.
Peter picked us up at the Airport right on time and we were finally back in familiar territory.
A very big thanks to all our children and their partners for this wonderful gesture and we hope that you all get to experience the same one day.
God Bless you all
Love Mum & Dad.
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