Brisbane Airport

After arriving in Brisbane we made our way slowly to the transit immigration area, having our bags not only scanned but sniffed 🐕 Fortunately, this area had a couple of coffee bars where we headed first, shops including souvenir shops selling all sorts of items from typical Australian items, cuddly Koala Bears and Didgeridoos, but no postcards. Checking out the Brisbane fridge magnets showing places of interest, we hadn't missed anything not taking the skytrain into downtown Brisbane.
We found the Executive Lounge, and using my last free pass, we settled ourselves down; at least in some comfort and away from the hordes for our 8 hour wait. Only to be told a couple of hours later, the lounge was now closing and would be closed until after our Christchurch flight had left. So we headed to the bar and found a table overlooking the apron and runway and had a long and 'romantic' meal!!! After touring the tourist shops again, we headed to our boarding gate. Only to find the same group who had been in front of us and messed about with the reclining seat no end!! So that's when more fun began as apparently they had changed flights, but their luggage hadn't. Once on the aircraft, the "comedy" show continued. A Chinese couple sat at the over the wing Emergency Exit but were asked to move due to their lack of understanding English. They were replaced by a Geordie couple who were overjoyed at the extra legroom at no charge, until he realised he had left his coat in the departure area and then his wife "kicked" off🫠 as the Chinese lady had mistakenly taken her bag 🎒 from the overhead locker and brought it back. After being accused of potential air piracy, the flight attendant managed to calm the situation down by telling Geordie Lass 🤐 it's a mistake, and she herself was to blame and to the Chinese lady to stop apologizing 🤫. We finally took off about 1 1/2 hours late and into an electrical storm ⛈️⚡️⚡️!!!
Some 3 1/2 hours later, we finally arrived at our 2nd scheduled destination; Christchurch in New Zealand 🇳🇿. Our taxi driver was patiently waiting to take us to our Rydges Latimer hotel 🏨.Read more