“This is your Co-pilot FreakyFlier speaking, welcome on board. Todays flight from London Heathrow to London City Airport will take approximately 24 minutes. In the mean time, please sit back and relax and enjoy the superior service and wonderful views of London on this short flight”. “Was that ok Captain?” “That was fine Freaky….
Category: Destinations
Wellington to Sydney, QANTAS AIRWAYS Economy Class
Using points, I’d requested an upgrade from Economy to Business Class which unfortunately was declined probably as this route is heavily used by politicians travelling from New Zealands capital, Wellington. That was ok, the flight was under 4 hours so I was content with trying the Economy Class product on this sector. There is a…
QANTASLINK Sydney to Dubbo Bombadier Dash 8 – Q400
It was to be a sequin and glitter free weekend when my friend Bert and I decided to get out of Sydney over the Mardi Gras weekend. Yes, we were heading to Dubbo in Regional New South Wales and we flew on one of the Qantas group of companies smallest aircraft a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, operated…
FreakyFlier Takes To The Sea. Picton To Wellington On The Interislander. M.V. Kaitaki
This is my 100th post, and as a little celebration, I take you not to the air but to the sea…. I sometimes get motion sickness, though never on a plane! But usually in a car or most commonly on a ship. Seasickness creates awful nausea for myself. The word nausea stems from Greek with the word…
That Little Place You Find…House Of Dumplings, Wellington, New Zealand
When you’re not looking, sometimes you find something you didn’t know you were looking for. It often happens when travelling, isn’t that why most of us go out and explore the world? Food can be a major delight while travelling and sometimes the smallest delight can be the surprise. At the end of my recent visit to…
Wandering Through Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney Australia
“Dog must not steal from dog” – Convict saying. Recently, I decided to become a tourist in my own city of Sydney and visit one of Australia’s oldest European buildings, The Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Listed on the New South Wales and Australian National Heritage registers and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site…
Busy, Busy, Busy – Blogs & Vlogs
“I’m just toooo busy” I said to myself. I started a new job recently and went back to semester 2 of college at nights and havent had a a moment for any new posts, let alone get away. During this time I have met the gorgeous Heather who also has not only a passion for…
Moorilla Estate Cellar Door, Hobart
“I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.” – W.C Fields. I often cook with wine. After a short flight on Virgin Australia from Sydney to Hobart, my friend Bert and I were amazed that the hire cars GPS knowingly directed us to Moorilla Estate Cellar Door located in the northern suburbs of Hobart….
Pay As You Use At The Tune Hotel – Downtown Kuala Lumpur
“Charge ’em for the lice, extra for the mice Two percent for looking in the mirror twice Here a little slice, there a little cut Three percent for sleeping with the window shut When it comes to fixing prices There are a lot of tricks I knows How it all increases, all them bits and…
Air Asia RED HOT PARTY – Launch of Air Asia’s new Taylor Swift Aircraft livery & the Taylor Swift Tour
“Hello, my name is Alfred, what is your name and where have you come from for this party?” “Hi. Matthew. I’ve flown in from Sydney” “From Sydney! You must really like Taylor Swift!” “Yeah, she’s great, and I also love Air Asia, this is so exciting!” Spoken to first person I met at the launch of…
Barilla Bay Pacific Oysters, Hobart Tasmania
“FreakyFlier, the world is your Oyster!” Where does that saying come from and what does it mean? O.K, forget the FreakyFlier bit (although some have said it 😉 It was first penned by Shakespeare in his play The Merry Wives of Windsor: Pistol: “Why then the world’s mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.” Modern times may have changed…
The Freaky Heights of the Petronas Twin Towers – Kuala Lumpur
Question: Whats the smallest room in the world? Answer: A Mushroom! Ba doom ching! Man I”m funny! I’ll tell you what isn’t funny though, Acrophobia – the fear of heights, sometimes incorrectly referred to as vertigo. Vertigo, however, is actually when a person feels they are spinning, the room is spinning, or their head is…
A Little Taste / Piece of GERMANY in WOLLONGONG at the A.G.A GERMANIA Club
Pork Knuckles, Schnitzels and Sauerkraut, Wheat beer and Riesling wine. Like my Dad, I love German, Japanese, and Seafood, my Mum and brother love Indian, Mexican and Italian so when it comes to family birthdays or get togethers at restaurants, it’s usually the person celebrating that makes the decision of where to go and we are…
Wandering through Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea
I can be a bit of a dreamer. I’m fascinated by Royal History and when I visit places like this, I like to dream and wonder what would it have been like to be in a palace in times gone by, a member of the royal family, a member of staff, or simply a visitor to…
An Aircraft fit for a Duke, a Duchess & a Baby Prince
“This is it! This is them! WAVE!!!” A couple of work colleagues and I went to the best viewing point of the airport, the 8th level of the International Airport Car Park, to witness today’s arrival of the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate, and baby Prince George to Sydney. Us three loyal subjects…
Where South Meets North. A Day Tour To The Korean DMZ and Panmunjom: Part 3 – Panmunjom & The Joint Security Area
“The visit to the Joint Security Area at Panmunjom will entail entry into a hostile area and possibility of injury or death as a direct result of enemy action.” “Det är så roligt!” (That is so funny!) Laughed the blonde long-bearded-Swede. “Så mycket roligt!” (So very funny!) Giggled his blonde friend. The people I am talking about…
Best Australian Blogs 2014 – Peoples Choice Awards
I received an email the other day from a reader, thanking me for my stories on FreakyFlier and explaining how he has now made a decision to travel to a certain destination on a particular airline with thanks to my reviews. I always feel pretty chuffed when I receive an email of thanks from my…
Where South Meets North. A Day Tour To The Korean DMZ and Panmunjom: Part 2 – Seeing the North
OUCH! %&*# that hurt!… So, what I didn’t finish telling you in part one of my day tour to the DMZ, while I was at Imjingak Park at the lookout, I tripped and fell head over turkey and injured my foot. Hobbling back to the car park, I finally found my coach but I was…
Where South Meets North.. A Day Tour To The Korean DMZ and Panmunjom: Part 1 – Imjingak
“Why would you want to go there? Stay in Seoul…..go shopping!” That was what my Korean born work colleague said to me, with a look of disgust on her face, when I mentioned that during my trip to South Korea I was taking a day tour to the DMZ and Panmunjom – the Demilitarised Zone and Joint…
The Worlds Largest & Most Extensive Subway System
Am I in New York? Am I about to board the Paris Metro? Perhaps I am in Metropolitan Tokyo waiting for a chikatetsu? – one thing I can say is that we’re not in Sydney!…I am in Seoul, South Korea home to the worlds largest subway system in terms of station and passengers. With 19 lines…
The Changing of the Guard, Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea
When I mentioned to fellow Australians I was going to see the Changing of the Guard on my trip to South Korea, I could see the confusion in their faces as I’m sure they were picturing Beefeaters with large cylindrical black fur hats, gallantly dressed horses and all that pomp and pageantry that comes with…
Matty Somewhere 