Day 79 - Perth

Wow, no more sleeps.  I thought everyone would bound out of bed full of excitement this morning but, as we aren't leaving until lunch time, it is a pretty slow start.  It has been raining most of the night.  Luckily we are under cover as all our bags are lined up outside on the concrete, no room for luggage in the van, fortunately they are all dry when I got up to check in the middle of the night.  We have pretty much done everything we had to do yesterday, so it is a long morning.  Initially we had booked the flights thinking we would have to put the van and car in storage, so we had made the flights in the afternoon, however, staying with Glen's cousin and being about to store our van here, has been so great for us, we just have to lock up and head to the airport.

Elizabeth is kind enough to drive us, and fortunately there is just enough room for Cody, after we pack all our luggage into the back of the car.  We are all very excited about the flight home, except Glen.  For a pilot, he certainly isn't very good at flying in big planes.  And we are travelling on an Airbus on the way home which makes matters worse.  They haven't had a great wrap with the media of late, so Glen isn't particularly excited at all.  However, the airbus turns out to be awesome.  We just love Qantas, but the added bonus with this model is that every seat has it's own little tv screen and it has a massive selection of movies, tv shows including comedy, documentary, cooking shows, reality tv and a whole selection dedicated to children including interactive games.  Needless to say the 5 hrs and 30 min home is a breeze.

We are greeted at the airport by a very excited Mum and Dad.  Hugs and screams of excitement all round as it has been a long time between visits, as Mum and Dad left in their caravan in June and we only saw them briefly in August when our paths crossed.  They have also bought Glen's ute to to Perth for us.  The vehicle situation is going to be tricky for the next three months, with harvest in the mix, however the plan is that we will share Glen's ute temporarily and then buy a cheap second hand ute or car for myself and the kids to run around in, which we will then sell before we go back in January.

We head back to the unit for cuppas and a catch up.  It is so nice to see my parents again.  We are all very tired though, as air travel seems to do that to you, plus our bodies are two hours ahead of WA time, so we eventually hit the hay at about midnight, Queensland time, exhausted.  It is so strange though, to have the kids in different rooms, they hover around our room prior to bed and we check on them one more time than is necessary once they are all asleep!!