Our flight from Bali to Melbourne was 5 hours. For most of that time we were worrying about our precious painting, which we were forced to put in the hold after being told it was too long to take on as hand luggage, even though about 5 other people on the flight had similar sized packages. Our minds were put to rest when the painting was back in our hands and still in one piece! After a few questions from the over keen aussie customs man with a dodgy moustache, we were allowed in and were greeted by some friendly faces. Although we arrived at 6.30 on a sunday morning, Ben's uncle and auntie, Pete and Jilda, kindly picked us up from the airport and whisked us off to Bulleen, a suburb of Melbourne, where
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