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Fiji Airways
Date: 29 November 2024
Flight Number: FJ810
Gate: 7
Seat: 15K & 16K (Business Class Seat)
Plane: Airbus A350-900
Boarded: 21:07
Pushback: 22:13 (Scheduled 21:40)
Lift off: 22:32
Arrived: 12:14 (Scheduled 11:50)
Duration: 10 hours 1 minute
Distance: 8,881 km
This flight was from Nadi International Airport (Nadi, Fiji) to Los Angeles International Airport (Los Angeles, USA).
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Fiji Airways
Date: 29 November 2024
Flight Number: FJ934
Gate: 7
Seat: 1A & 2A (Business Class Seat)
Plane: Airbus A330-200
Boarded: 13:00
Pushback: 14:14 (Scheduled 13:35)
Lift off: 14:30
Arrived: 19:59 (Scheduled 19:15)
Duration: 4 hour 40 minutes
Distance: 3,867 kms
This flight was from Tullamarine International Airport (Melbourne, Australia) to Nadi International Airport (Nadi, Fiji).
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The day before a big trip can get very hectic as you mix excitment with worry about whether you are prepared and you attempt to finalised everything.
For this trip I had organised for apartment sitters to look after both the apartment and more importantly my cats. Working in the morning I had my last meeting finish at noon and I packed my bags and prepared the apartment. The cats sensed something was up but as long as I didn’t get the cat carriers out they were content to just watch me.
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Official Name: Commonwealth of Australia
Established: 01 January 1901 (Federation), 26 January 1788 (United Kingdom established colony)
Population: 27,361,50 (2024 estimate)
Country Size: 7,688,287 square kms
Religion: 43.9% Christianity, 38.9% no religion, 3.2% Islam, 2.7% Hinduism, 2.4% Buddhism
Language: English
Currency: Australian Dollar
Capital: Canberra
Visited States/Territories: Victoria (VIC), Tasmania (TAS), New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA), Western Australia (WA), Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Northern Territory (NT)
Selected Highlights: Wine and Chocolate tastings Margaret River (WA), Attending first night Test Match Adelaide Oval (SA), cycling on the Great Ocean Road for a week (VIC), Visiting the Federal Parliament House and the Prime Minister’s office (ACT), Diving and swimming around the Great Barrier Reef from Cairns (QLD), Exploring Historic Rocks Area Sydney (NSW), Visiting Sydney Opera House (NSW), exploring the outback (NT), watching the sunset at Cable Beach, Broome (WA), visiting the underground town of Coober Pedy (SA), hiking in Alpine National Park – Gippsland (VIC), 15+ years visiting country town of Myrtleford for Easter Tennis Tournament (VIC), hiking the stunning Cradle Mountain (TAS), hiking Freycinet National Park to reach majestic and remote Wineglass Bay (TAS), exploring Port Arthur historical site of penal colony from 1830 (TAS), enjoying the sun on Gold Coast beaches (QLD), Enjoying natural around the ground at the Tahune Forest air walk (TAS), taking the 2979 kilometres 3 day rail trip on the Ghan through Central Australia from Darwin to Adelaide (NT & SA), visited and explored Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park including watching the sun rise and set over Ayers Rock (NT), Epic helicopter experience over Katherine Gorge (NT), sunrise flight over Lake Argyle and Bungle Bungle (WA)
First Written 23 August 2024
Note: This entry is to help me recall the first country I ever explore, my own country. For the most part I didn’t keep journals of my travels around Australia but I wish I did and I will from now on.
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Today marks exactly 100 days until my niece and I catch our first flight out of Australia. We will start in style flying in Business Class on Fiji Airways Melbourne to Nadi (Fiji) on an Airbus A330-200 that should take 4 hours 40 minutes. Then after a short stop over we will change planes to an Airbus A350-900 for a 10 hour 10 minute flight to Los Angeles and the commencement of our trip.
It is worth noting all flights after this award business class Melbourne to Nadi to Los Angeles will be in economy class. I might be spoiling Erin with the first flights and then back to reality later LOL.
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