Through the Doors

Getting to the airport was a trick. We had forgotten about the traffic on the Ring Road. This freeway, crossing north-eastern Melbourne, is used by a huge amount of through traffic. At least there was not an accident or it might have been ugly for us. We got through even if we did crawl along at times. Fronting up to Air New Zealand check-in proved no trouble, as it turned out, and we still had half an hour to share a cuppa. Choi and Anna were also there to see them off. We were all able to relax at one of the airport coffee lounges and share a couple of muffins with our drinks. Soon we had to say our good-byes and through the doors they went, waving finally before turning to pass through immigration and move to the international departure lounge to wait a little more. For us it was time to return home.