Sydney Achieved

We have arrived in Sydney and after some hassle with the jetway we eventually got deplaned.  At that point Jetstar provided a wheelchair escort for me and my scooter and we were whiskrd through the airport,  through customs and into a taxi in record time.  We are now at the Adina Sydney Airport, a nice little self serve apartment with kitchen, living room, dining area, balcony, and a washer and dryer.  And the bed is not too tall for me to get into 🙂.

 Given that it is now 10:30PM in Honolulu and 4:30 AM  in Malvern we should be exhausted but we did find the energy to venture out briefly.  We found the local train station, a convenience store that had milk and an outlet adapter, and a little restaurant with  kabobs, fried chicken and salad  that provided dinner.    Good enough for one day's travel.

Our living room (with our stuff already scattered around).

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