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Category: Travel

  • Lounge Review – Emirates Melbourne First-Business Lounge

    When visited: November 2017 Time of day: Midday (5.00 pm to 5.55 pm) Rating: 3.5 / 5

  • Lounge Review – Qantas Melbourne First Class Lounge

    When visited: November 2017 Time of day: Midday (3.40 pm to 4.55 pm) Rating: 5 / 5

  • Flight Review – EK405 Melbourne to Singapore

    Flight: Melbourne to Singapore Airline: Emirates Plane: Airbus 380-800 Gate: 10 Seat: 2K (First Class Suite window) Boarded: 18:21 Departed: 19:05 (Scheduled 18:45) Arrived: 23:47 (Scheduled 23:35) Duration: 7 hours 42 minutes This was the the bucket list flight, a real first class international flight and I was doing it on Emirates A380 over two…

  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 1 Melbourne to Singapore

    Highlights: Chauffeur Pickup, Qantas First Class Lounge, Emirates A380 First Class, Showering at 40,000 feet, Chatting in A380 Bar, Dom Pérignon, Emirates Bed The first day of my Africa trip was finally here 4.5 years after I started planning my 2014 trip I was finally going back to Africa to experience all these new countries…

  • One more day – Africa Bound

    After 18-24 months of planning I’m now only one day out from starting my next adventure. I’ll be going from travelling like this To travelling like this Let the two month adventure begin, from Dom Pérignon to setting up tents, should be fun!!

  • One Month to Go – The First Class Travel Experience

    I’m now one month out from what I hope will be an amazing experience in Africa. My Africa trip was originally planned for 2014 but had to be cancelled which might be for the best as I’m now going to have my first ever First Class travelling experience and it’s on one of the best…

  • Africa Bound T Minus 2 months

    It’s now less than 2 months before my once in a life time trip to the majestic continent of Africa begins.

  • World Journal – All Trips

    Flight Journal PDF <Updated 26 July 2018 to include Africa 2017-18 trip> With a lot of help from family members I’ve now reconstructed my first and second overseas trips from 1986 and 1998 which means I’ve been able to finally compile a listing of all trips.  This excludes any domestic Australian flights, which I’m guessing…

  • Lounge Review – Hobart Qantas Club

    ACCESS RULES – Flying Business class on a Qantas, QantasLink or Jetstar flight later that day. – Qantas Platinum member or Oneworld Alliance – Emirates Skywards Platinum member whose next onward flight that day carries a QF or EK flight number and is operated by Qantas or QantasLink – Individuals under 18 must be accompanied…

  • Bali (Indonesia) 2017 Post Trip Summary

    So I had an amazing one week trip to Bali which was a very different trip to what I normally do. My normal trip is more adventure style tour, get out and visit the historic sights, do a homestay with locals, explore wildlife and the landscape.  This style of travel was something embedded in me…