The flight home

Our 6:15 alarm didn't go off, but fortunately we had a wake-up call too. About 7:00 we were all breakfasted and ready to go...

 

We had a 40 minute drive to the airport. A bit frustrating, because we missed the only service station and couldn't fill up the rental car. The rental car company seemed OK with it...charged us an extra $5 or so.

These boys seemed so experienced at travelling...



Boarding pass in hand...ready to board our 14 hour flight



 

About 12 or 13 hours into the flight...getting a bit tired

Ryan fell asleep as we were waiting to disembark, so I had to carry him off the plane. He fortunately woke up and we could all walk across Sydney airport to the transfer desk. I spent about an hour trying to get boarding passes. In the meantime Ryan fell asleep again.

 

I carried him onto the next flight and he slept through most of it. Only woke about 5 minutes before we landed in Auckland. He was very surprised when he woke up on a plane...

Coming up to The Land of the Long White Cloud

After having on sniffer dog smelling something in one of our bags, I had it inspected. The friendly lady found a little leaf, smaller than a 10c piece, inside a bag inside my backpack. That was removed and we were finaly home!!

Spotted this huge cricket ball outside...the next thing to look forward to:

 

Had a nice sunset to welcome us back to NZ...