Hervey Bay to Brisbane to Auckland.
Finally the last leg of our trip on the 1st March. A short journey to the small airport at Hervey Bay to drop off the car and catch the 9.20 flight to Brisbane. A short ride on the shuttle bus from the domestic airport to the international airport and going through immigration and into the departure lounge. Then followed a wait of 6 hours before it was time to board our flight to Auckland. It's a beautiful airport and it was very quiet for such a big airport. Not that many flights arriving or departing. Lots of room and comfortable seating unlike Heathrow where the chances of finding any where to sit are slim. Finally we took off, at 5.30pm and landed 3 hours later (but with a 3 hour time difference) in Auckland at 11.30pm. Miraculously our bags, which we had last seen in Hervey Bay, were among the first to appear on the baggage carousel and we were off through immigration and customs. A small sniffer dog was very interested in my handbag thinking, apparently that I may have fruit in it. It is an offence to import any fruit or veg into NZ. The nearest thing to fruit that I had in my bag, and had declared, was green tea and lemon tea bags and it was decided that the dog had smelled the citrus in those. Then it was out into arrivals to be met by Rob, my son. The airport is to the South of Auckland and the drive to the Northern motorway is usually quite busy but at midnight it was blessedly quiet and we made good time up to his home in Snells Beach. Julie was in bed as she had to work the next day so we moved around quietly and were soon in the land of nod. Such a good feeling of homecoming and to be here after 9 flights around the world and Australia over the last 4 weeks.
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