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After 3 harrowing weeks in Melbourne I'm finally back in Sydney. I was on QF490, which was supposed to leave Melbourne at 2000. It didn't take off til 2035 (missing crew??!!??) which was quite vexing, as it was eating into my tiny window of personal time between handing back my kids and going to work tomorrow. We took off, went along for a bit, the hosties brought out some drinks and snacks and then, abruptly, we started descending. We landed at 2130. That's right, 55 minutes! That's how long the flight used to take back in the 80s.

My apartment was all in one piece. Only four things in my mail, one of which was a voucher for more online betting.