16 February 2024 (Pre day 2)
We left home at 8:15on foot, arriving right on time for our first bus. We both wore our new raincoats purchased for this walk. We have previously only had cheap raincoats because Queensland rain tends not to leave you cold, but along the Southern Ocean we felt we should be prepared for rain accompanied by cold wind. The raincoats worked well but everything that was not covered was wet through, including our jeans.
https://translink.com.au/travel-with-us/around-queensland/sunshine-coast
https://www.sunshinecoastairport.com.au/
Arriving at the airport we queued up with hundreds of Taylor Swift fans heading to Melbourne for her concert. We were checked in nicely on time for our scheduled flight time, unfortunately the flight was delayed thirty minutes. By the time it was time to board we were almost dry only to be soaked again getting across the tarmac to the plane.
Our seats were on the emergency exits so while we had loads of leg room, we did not have any view from the windows. The plane was full of Taylor Swift fans and Drew was definitely in a very small minority on the plane, being male. At the end of the flight one of the hostesses played a Taylor Swift song via her phone through the plane’s announcement system – not exactly great audio, but the fans seemed to love it. The plane landed in Melbourne approximately twenty to twenty-five minutes behind schedule. We then collected our baggage and joined the queue for the Skybus. We only had to wait through two cycles despite the crowds, so pretty quick.
Arriving at Southern Cross Station
we were reminded of Thomas the Tank Engine – with all 16 platforms under one
roof. Being 5:30pm there were a lot of
trains running so we only needed to wait for a few minutes before boarding a
train . Then just a short walk to our
overnight accommodation.
A day full of travel – 4 buses, 1
plane and 1 train
Walking 4.4km
Hmmm.. Drew 'Swifty' Hills :) I can just imagine how excited he was!
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