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  • Day 1

    On the way... almost!

    August 7, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    We stayed at the airport hotel last night, in preparation for a 6am flight to Sydney, then 10.30am connection to Norfolk Island.

    Boarding in Adelaide was old school, via the tarmac - haven't done that for a few years!

    The flight to Sydney was smooth and we transferred to the international terminal for the connecting flight. While waiting, they announced that our flight was cancelled due to crew shortages, so we had to reverse the process through passport control, collect our luggage and get assigned a hotel for the night.

    We caught a shuttle to one of the airport hotels a few kilometres away, then had the afternoon to fill. Luckily there were 10 caches within walking distance, so we headed towards Sydney Park.

    Sydney Park is a 100 acre inner city park, formerly a clay pit, brickworks and waste dump, now reclaimed as a wetland and recreation area, and is very popular with dog walkers! When we were about halfway around 2 new lab caches appeared on our map, so we had some backtracking and 10 more caches to find... and our afternoon was complete 😁

    Dinner was in the hotel restaurant (thanks Qantas), and some Commonwealth Games viewing before another early start tomorrow.
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