After a wonderful weekend in Melbourne, it was time to head back to Sydney on Qantas flight QF480, a dinner flight operated by an Airbus A330-200. Upon boarding I noticed there was a rather large contingent of school kids who had been in Melbourne competing in a Jewish Inter-Schools sports competition. After settling into my…
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Would You Jump From A Plane?
A glass of wine, some food and a good movie is for me, what I like to do when on a plane. For others it might be different. My Friends Jessie and Manita recently went skydiving and here is what Jessie had to say: A couple of days ago, I conquered one of my biggest fears and went skydiving…
Happy New Year 2017 – Where are you travelling to?
2016 was a good year but I didn’t get to travel as much as I would have liked. Buenos Aires and Montevideo were great, as was a brief trip to Melbourne. I have, however already booked my big trip for 2017. One way ticket around the world! First stop, Singapore, then Penang, Phuket, Chiang Mai…
Trip Notes: Jetstar JQ605 Sydney to Melbourne Avalon
Not so long ago I took a trip to sunny Melbourne flying Jetstar from Sydney to Avalon Airport located 55 kilometres south of the city. I’ve reviewed Jetstar’s services before which you can read here so I won’t go into the flight experience except to say, on the uneventful 1hr 35min journey I had that…
LATAM (LAN) Buenos Aires to Santiago – Economy Class – Boeing 767-300
After a fantastic two weeks in Buenos Aires and Montevideo it was time to start the trek home to Sydney. The first sector was between Buenos Aires and Santiago was operated by a Boeing 767-300 and I thought this aircraft was going to have a bit of a retro feel about it but I was…
Getting From Buenos Aires to Montevideo
On my recent trip to Buenos Aires, I decided to spend a few days in the neighbouring city of Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. There were a few options on how to travel the 300 or so kilometres. Of course I checked flights first and the lowest fare was on Air France, who operates a…
Flying LATAM (LAN) Economy from Sydney to Buenos Aires Part 3, Santiago de Chile to Buenos Aires
By this stage I am sure we are all getting a little weary with these flights. This is the third and final leg of my journey from Sydney to Buenos Aires. So far I’ve flown from Sydney to Auckland where we stopped for 2 hours, then I’ve taken the 10 hour and 15 minute trek across…
Exploring Explorer of the Seas with a Beautiful Lunch
Food, it’s the one of the main enjoyments of cruising. Sure there’s the fact that you unpack once and visit many destinations, but food is one of the many highlights people choose to cruise. As you know its been something I’ve been enjoying of late after cruising on the Sea Princess and Golden Princess. I…
HARS (Historical Aircraft Restoration Society) and the Famous QANTAS 747-438, VH-OJA – Oh and Connie, VH-EAG
HARS – Historical Aircraft Restoration Society – is located at The Illawarra Regional Airport in Wollongong and just over a year ago it gained another major attraction with a retired Qantas Boeing 747-400 arriving at the museum. Back in March of 2015, I was invited with several media and bloggers to visit Qantas Headquarters in…
Jetstar, Sydney to Bali on the 787-8 Dreamliner, Economy Class.
“Pop the butter on top of your meal, it will soften it” After all my years of flying, I’d never heard something so simply ingenious when it comes to that hard frozen butter sometimes served on board a flight. I was heading on a last minute trip to Bali, partly birthday celebration, partly Christmas shopping trip but mostly…
Qantas First Lounge, Auckland
“No, this way!” Bert said as I bounded into the Qantas Business Class Lounge. He was pointing to the ‘By Invitation’ door. On our recent trip to New Zealand, I flew Emirates Business Class on a Qantas flight number between Auckland and Sydney. I was travelling with my friend Bert, myself in Business Class and Bert…
Emirates, Auckland to Sydney Business Class
“Welcome on board this Emirates flight to Brisbane” Brisbane? Am I on the right plane? “Ladies and Gentlemen, please disregard the menu stating Auckland to Melbourne, we are in fact off to Sydney” Melbourne now? “Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Dubai” Either Dubai now has a harbour with replica bridge and Opera House or I’m…
Merry Christmas 2015!
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Emirates Lounge, Auckland, New Zealand
“Excuse me, Is this the way to the Emirates Lounge?” I asked asked an elderly lady coming down the escalator. “Oh, I don’t know I’m from Canada!” she replied. When my friend Bert and I reached the top of the escalator, we found not only the Emirates Lounge but the Qantas Business and First Class lounge. I dont…
Melbourne to Sydney, Qantas Airways Business Class
Have you been watching that new show ‘Ready for Takeoff’? It’s a fly on the wall documentary about Qantas and the inner workings of the airline. I loved the second episode with Qantas mega Frequent Flyer John Martin, who hails from my hometown the City of Wollongong who during the episode took his 1000th Qantas flight….
The Sea Princess Diaries Part Two. Brisbane to Sydney – Day Two and Arrival Home
Dear Diary, Good morning! We boarded yesterday and now been cruising for one night and this is going to be our only full day on board. I woke up at first light and after a quick shower headed out to explore more of the ship during the quiet time. I headed out on deck where no one was around…
The Qantas Club, Brisbane Domestic Airport
Is there a better way for a FreakyFlier to spend a lazy Saturday afternoon in an airport? Yes, at the Qantas Club of course. On my recent trip to Brisbane with my friend Bert, we were heading back to Sydney on a flight at around 5:30 pm on a Saturday afternoon. After we checked out…
The Sea Princess Diaries – Brisbane to Sydney – Day One
Dear Diary, I’m in Brisbane with my brother Aaron. We arrived late last night on a Jetstar flight which was quite good and stayed in Spring Hill. The hotel was a little dreary but close to a pub where we went for a quick drink. After checking out of the hotel and having a fast…
Inspecting An Etihad A380 With The Residence
I’ve only ever been on one other aircraft with a bedroom and that was John Travolta’s private Boeing 707. True story! In 2004 when he became the Qantas ‘Ambassador at large’ he did a series of dinners around the country called ‘Sharing the Spirit’. I won a competition to attend one of these black tie…
Air Bagan, Heho (Lake Inle) to Yangon, Myanmar. ATR72-500
“Should we stop and get something to eat before the flight?” I asked my travel companion Bert. It had been a long journey from the Novotel Myat Min in Lake Inle to Heho Airport in Myanmar for our flight to Yangon. We did enjoy a delicious a-la-carte breakfast rather early at the hotel, eggs, bacon,…
QANTAS Airways, Sydney to Brisbane Business Class
“Tonight we have the traditional lasagne with steamed greens or the seared beef on glass noodles.” the cabin crew member discretely repeated to each passenger as he made his way down the centre aisle of the secluded Business Class cabin. The food, it is the thing I get most excited about when taking a short flight in Business…
Matty Somewhere 