The majority of my new team is in Melbourne, and this week we had a couple of day catchup with the whole team.
It was a pretty productive session but somewhat tiring.
The highlight of the whole thing was the flight down. The back of our 737 was almost empty. Connor and I were on the right side of the plane, and we took off to the north, and then banked around to the left. So as soon as the seatbelt sign turned off, we jumped up and over to the other side of the plane. We had the most spectacular view of Canberra I've ever seen! Just amazing.
Qantas Boeing 737-800 VH-VXB
Canberra from the air
Canberra from the air
Canberra from the air
Belconnen from the air
Belconnen Town Centre from the air
Canberra from the air
Tidbinbilla
Tuggeranong
After passing out of Canberra I went back to my seat and Connor went to the seat behind. But we got up again to see the SNOW!
Mt Kosciuzsko is centre of frame
Khancoban
I stayed in my seat for the rest of the flight. Usually when I fly into Melbourne it's on runway 27, which is a completely boring approach. But this flight flew in over the Melbourne CBD before swinging north into 34. I didn't realise how far south we'd come until I saw the Exhibition Building! So awesome!
And what flight would be complete without going to say hi to the flight crew at the end :)
Another highlight of the trip was catching up with David not once but twice! Firstly for dinner on Monday night, and then again for breakfast on Wednesday morning. That was super cool.
On the Tuesday night a bunch of us went out for dinner. We ended up at Kollabo Kitchen for *lots* of fried chicken. All this plus two bimimbaps for three people? hrmmmm!! Similar amounts of chicken were ordered by others.
We didn't finish it.
So I took all the leftovers back to the hotel. Some of it David and I ate in the morning, and most of the rest of it we had for lunch later on.
Oh and also, had my first Uber rides. They were pretty good. The drivers were certainly a lot less aggressive on the road that taxi drivers!
It was nice to sleep in my own bed again at the end!
Sylvia Johnson
With all the snow on the mountains, I've been waiting to hear that you have gone down to go skiing again.
Glad you were able to catch up with David.
You certainly got a good look at Canberra. Did you see your place?