 Qantas 'City of Wodonga'
Boeing 767-300 at Perth Airport.
|  Unloading the Plane
Waiting at Perth Airport.
|  A four-legged traveller waits patiently on the tarmac
|  Preparing for flight to Brisbane
|
 The catering truck arrives
Hoping for an in-flight meal after all this delay.
|  Lift-off at last!
Taking off from Perth Airport at 14:20 WST, five hours after leaving my home.
|  Leaving Perth Airport
|  Gaining Height over Perth
|
 City of Perth down below
|  Heading East
|  Above the Clouds
Destination Brisbane.
|  Overnight accommodation in Brisbane
After a 3,611 kilometre journey, flying time of 4 hrs 16 min.
|
 Return to Brisbane Airport
Early Saturday morning.
|  Planes on the Tarmac
Brisbane airport.
|  Aboard Boeing 737-200
Destination Norfolk Island.
|  Arrived on Norfolk Island
Boeing 737-200 operated by OzJet on behalf of Norfolk Air.
|
 First steps on Norfolk Island
Arrived 13:35 NFT, 2 hrs 15 mins flying time. Distance 1400 kms from Brisbane.
|  Unloading Baggage
Rain clouds overhead.
|  Entrance to South Pacific Resort Hotel
Accommodation for the next 7 days.
|  Norfolk Island Pines by the driveway
(Araucaria heterophylla).
|
 Norfolk Island Flag
Norfolk Island is a self governing Australian Territory situated in the South Pacific. It is about 8 km long and 5 km wide with an area of 3,455 hectares.
|  Hotel entrance
|  Comfortable Room
A long journey to get here and 25.5 hours since I left my home.
|  Garden by my Balcony
|
 Red Poinsettias reach for the Sky
|  Cream Poinsettia
|  Cream Poinsettia
|  Pink Begonias
The Begonias had very large flowers.
|
 Pink Begonias
|  Shrimp Plant
(Justicia brandegeeana).
|  Shrimp Plant
(Justicia brandegeeana).
|  Ginger Plant species
|
 Ginger Plant species
|  Tall Tree Dahlias
|  Tree Dahlia Flowers
|  Spacious grounds of Hotel
|
 Camera-shy Feral Rooster
|  Feral Rooster
Soon got used to his early morning wake-up calls.
|  Exploring my new surroundings
|  View towards Burnt Pine Township
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