The end of our holiday.

We had booked late checkout, so at least we had a relaxing day. We went for breakfast at the bar and grill – where I had wanted to eat yesterday. It was OK. We went for a bit of a walk to the scenic lookout and were treated with marvelous views of the ocean, apart from the fact it was very cloudy. We didn’t really have walking shoes on though (both in thongs) so we turned around and went back to the room; a little tired so took the opportunity to sit and do nothing for a while.

We showered, packed our bags, and called an Uber to take us to the airport at 12.00. We checked in and went in to the lounge. We had used Kaoru’s frequent flyer points to upgrade our tickets to business class for the trip back to Melbourne (we had tried to coming here, but there were none on offer). So we had a champagne, and a few other drinks, and food, to pass the time. The food was pretty average. Eventually we boarded our 3.00 flight to Brisbane. Row 1 – beautiful way to end the trip!

In Brisbane we went straight to the business lounge and had a couple of drinks. We also got changed into warmer gear in preparation for our return to Melbourne. The stopover was only an hour or so, so eventually it was time to board the flight. Row 3 this time (but still business class). We landed in Melbourne on time.

We got our bags, booked an Ola (I had a 15% discount but it was still only marginally cheaper than the Uber *to* the airport, which had bad traffic for a while) and were home around 9.30pm – happy to have had a holiday, but damn it’s cold back here in Melbourne!