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When purchasing an international Qantas flight from the US to Australia, one can purchase a, “walkabout pass,” which allows the traveler to purchase domestic flights at reduced rates. Today we flew from Perth to Alice Springs in the interior of Australia.
Perth’s airport was easy to use. No surprises except for maybe this faucet in the restroom. When I finished washing my hands, the air blowers on the faucet immediately came on. How efficient!
The 16+ hour flight from Dallas to Sydney was on a Qantas airbus. This flight included many firsts for us: first flight over 10.5 hours, first time on Qantas, first crossing of the International Date Line, first time on a double-decker plane, and first time having a vacant seat between us -which meant this was the first time I actually slept a few hours on a plane.
At one point, I checked the monitor to observe our flight path and stats:
