Left NZ on the 30th August. Sean very kindly dropped me at the airport. Flew to Brisbane, too easy, but then had a 7 hour wait at the airport. Well a bit more than 7 hours in the end as we arrived early and departed late. You try killing 7 hours at an airport where almost everything is shut - not alot of fun! In the end I did fill in the time reasonably well - used the Internet, read, updated notes in my iPhone, and tried to sleep, not very successfully as the airport was freezing. Note to self, check flights more carefully and don't have such a long layover if you can help it! Boarded for Singapore about 3am. Good flight, spare seat next to me - loved the space. I watched a few
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