Alrighty! We are on our way. Took the red-eye flight from Townsville at 6am and arrived in Brisbane about 7.30. Had a few hours to kill in Brisbane so we took the train into town to meet some family. We wanted to leave our carry on luggage at the airport so we stopped into the International terminal on the way and were going to hire some lockers to put the bags in. There were 2 major problems with that. 1. They have no lockers at the airport and 2. They have no lockers at the airport. I realise that, technically, that is only one problem but I thought it was such a biggy that I’d mention it twice. I can only assume that the reason they have no lockers is because of the terrorist thing going on. Maybe they are afraid that someone will put a bomb in one or something.
So, we lugged the bags with us into town. The tickets for the train cost us around $70 for 4 adults and 2 kids. Thought that was a bit steep. Even worse when we have heard that you can travel just about anywhere in Singapore on the trains for less that $2.
Once in town we met up with the rellies. Grabbed a bite to eat, ambled around for about an hour and then it was time to get back to the airport.
The international flight was probably 8 of the most unpleasant hours of my life. Strangely, a whole lot better than 8 hours at work though. 
The free alcohol and the hot chocolate were the business though. I like their measure of a nip. I could make 2 or 3 drinks out of one shot.
My nephew met us at the Singapore airport and had organised a minibus to take us all to the hotel. By the time we got there, checked in and got up to our room it was about 10pm local time, which for us was midnight.
Once in our room we pretty much just crashed. Never knew just sitting on your backside 34000 feet in the air could take so much out of you. I don’t think the alcohol had anything to do with it. 
