Day 16: Sun 17 Sep – Brisbane to Hervey Bay (HVB) to Home
We landed almost an hour after we were supposed to due to the late departure from Hong Kong. However, Immigration was a breeze and my bag was out after about eight minutes of waiting, very unusual for me. I declared my muesli bars that I had taken from Australia but not eaten, and when I told this to the Customs Official, he asked me if I had any chicken legs, chicken livers, etc, etc and when I answered in the negative, he gave me a green stamp. When I got to the front of the queue, I was told I was free to leave – yay for accurate declarations! I was at the domestic check-in counter very soon after and the T-Bus was there when I walked out of the terminal. I was in the domestic QC about 45 minutes after touch down – not a bad effort. First priority was a decent coffee and then a shower. Those two tasks completed, it was down to the business of eating a more substantial breakfast than a tablespoon of muesli. Breakfast completed, I opened up the com...