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Year View| Summary| Highlights| Month View| Friday 21 December 2007 (Day View) – Bronwen & I fly from Hobart to Brisbane.

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21.12.2007 – Friday 21 December – Brisbane

Morning

• Bronwen and I woke up, gave our surplus camping gear to some fellow German travellers, and drove to the airport. We dropped the car and its keys off, and managed to board our flight with roughly the same amount of excess luggage as when we flew down—but without being charged for it. The flight was uneventful, and we arrived back in Brisbane, to be picked up by Bronwen’s parents. It feels like we’ve been away for quite a while. It’s been an odd trip, as it felt like the sort of thing I’d have done with my parents, except this is the first time I’ve done it without them.