Category: Travel

  • My second international trip back in 1998 was with my mother (Helen), sister (Kara) and nephew (Andrew) made possible using Qantas staff travel discount.   We traveled between 31 October 1998 and 20 November 1998 (21 days) visiting just USA (with a transit in Auckland, New Zealand). To do this we flew on four flights (across…

  • When visited: March 2017 Time of day: Late Afternoon (5 pm to 5.45 pm) Rating: 4.5 / 5 This is a new lounge that opened in March 2017 and there were still some minor fixes to fixtures and painting that need to be touched up and will likely be completed by April 2017. ACCESS RULES…

  • My first world trip book by myself (well with my friend Jon but no family) was back in 1999.  I traveled between 11 November 1999 and 6 March 2000 (118 days) visiting six countries – New Zealand, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, and Wales. To do this I flew on eight flights (across…

  • My biggest world trip was back in 2006 I traveled between 29 March 2006 and 28 August 2006 (153 days) visiting twenty-four countries – South Africa; Swaziland; France; England; Belgium; Holland; Germany; Czech Republic; Austria; Switzerland; Italy; Vatican; Monaco; Spain; Finland; Russia; Belarussia; Lithuania; Latvia; Estonia; Canada; USA; Hong Kong; China. To do this I…

  • For my 2010 Fiji trip I travelled between 30 October 2010 and 6 November 2010.  I used this trip to undertake a ‘status run’ basically a couple of extra flights to help increase my Qantas membership level back to Gold. To do this I flew on six flights and two airlines (Qantas, Air Pacific –…