Home again.

After a relaxing evening meal at the hotel + half bottle of McLaren Vale Two Hands Shiraz, it was off to my room to try for an early night. Back to cooking my own meals and making my own bed from now on.
It was a public holiday in Perth on Monday so the city was very quiet and it took no time to get to the airport. I was surprised by how big Perth’s airport is. I flew Virgin this time and was interested to see and use their business class lounge. It was very slanted towards the business traveller with lots of areas to plug into. In fact, it was a little difficult to see any lounge type seats for a first time user. Plus it was full of people (mainly men) wearing high vis clothes.
The flight home was good - the Virgin people were very attentive- and we arrived on time. Thank you to Sonya and David for a lovely meal (well, mainly David) and some interesting after dinner viewing on channel 2.
I’m still very tired and was very happy to snuggle into my own bed last night. I’m going to have to find a way to pack it up to take with me when I travel next!!
Would I do the two train trips again? Yes. Particularly the Ghan but would have to consider paying for a bigger cabin. I would do the Indian Pacific trip again but from Perth to Sydney so I could see Kalgoorlie. I found that joining the IP in Adelaide meant that a lot of the friendship groups that form during the journey were already in place. So, while everyone was friendly, the groups already had their dynamics established. Plus, the age group in my section of the IP seemed older than when I was on the Ghan. This could have just been my experience.
Overall, had a great time. Saw outback Australia as best as I could. It’s an amazing place!
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