The Wizard of Aus

I've been getting up to a hell of a lot in the past few weeks but I don't have the time to write about it right now. I've put up all the pictures I've taken since coming to Australia in a new place. So drop by and have a look. In a little under four hours I'm leaving Perth for the bright lights of Melbourne. I had hoped to be able to start this post with a date. The date I'd be coming home.

Unfortunately when I rang Cathay Pacific earlier I was told that there was no flights in my class between September 4th and October 18th, when my ticket becomes invalid.

Apparently there's more than one economy class... news to me. Except for business class all the planes I've been on in the last 9 months [ten in all] have had exactly the same seats. I'll think if this as a cross-grade [similar to an upgrade except not]. You get all the benefits of sitting in the shitty DVT seats while having the luxury of paying more.

I just love the way that airlines shaft you.

They've sent a message to Dublin asking how much it will be for a cross-grade because there's "loads of seats left in the other [ie. more expensive] economy classes" And due to the awesome might of modern telecommunications technology this is going to take 48 hours. So now I have a problem. If it costs too much then I have to make my dwindling money resources stretch out for two weeks and pay for another flight back to Perth in order to come home on the 29th.

Oh, and we don't have anywhere to stay when we arrive in Melbourne at about 5am.

Onward and upward. I'm going to miss Perth... but not that much :) I probably won't be able to get online very much when I get to Melbourne which means I'll have to go out and find real people to talk to.

b'bye!