Left home nice and early for the 1.5 hr drive to Melbourne Airport to allow for any holder ups with traffic, unforseen accidents or any other hold ups to cause us to miss our 5.50pm flight on Jetstar Flight No. JQ171 to Christchurch. The trip was so hassle free, we arrived at the airport at 2pm. Dropped Judy, Brett and our luggage off at the Departure lounge and then jumped in the car and drove to and parked in the Long Term Car Park. Caught the shuttle bus back to the terminal, found the family, only to find we had another hour before "check in" opened.... well, it's better to be early than running late. Time to sit down and relax....funny how there is always something or somebody to look at to pass the time at
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