We Slept for only a short time before we noticed our flight time on the electronic board had changed. Darryl went to try and find out why, as the new flight time meant we would miss our connecting flight in Sydney!
Eventually Virgin Australia told us we would be transferred to an Air New Zealand flight to Brisbane. From Brisbane we could then connect with their filght leaving for Bali, so we would still arrive the same day.
The Air New Zealand plane was very nice, far better than the usual budget airline we are used to! Drinks, movies etc. etc. There was a movie called Railway Man starring Colin Firth, which was based around the Death Railway in Thailand that we had visited, so we watched it with interest.
As we approached Brisbane we could see Morton Island with it's beautiful sand sparkling in the sun. Apparently it is the 3rd largest sand island in the world! The stopover in Brisbane was 4 hours and for part, we occupied ourselves with a crossword in an Australian magazine.
The next flight was to take 6 hours to Bali. It seemed like we flew over Australia forever. Hour after hour, each time we looked out of the window! Intrestingly, we first flew over built up areas, then areas of bush followed by hours of red desert. Australia really is huge! As it started to get darker the scenery changed to 'thousands' of uninhabited Indonesian islands and the sunset was amazing! The colours changed from the deepest red, we have ever seen, to the palest orange. Wow, really beautiful!!!
Finally, we landed in Denpasar airport, Bali. We grabbed a taxi straight to our hotel, where our friendly honeymoon bikers (we had met earlier in Laos) were waiting. Friendly faces after a long day!
Eventually Virgin Australia told us we would be transferred to an Air New Zealand flight to Brisbane. From Brisbane we could then connect with their filght leaving for Bali, so we would still arrive the same day.
The Air New Zealand plane was very nice, far better than the usual budget airline we are used to! Drinks, movies etc. etc. There was a movie called Railway Man starring Colin Firth, which was based around the Death Railway in Thailand that we had visited, so we watched it with interest.
As we approached Brisbane we could see Morton Island with it's beautiful sand sparkling in the sun. Apparently it is the 3rd largest sand island in the world! The stopover in Brisbane was 4 hours and for part, we occupied ourselves with a crossword in an Australian magazine.
The next flight was to take 6 hours to Bali. It seemed like we flew over Australia forever. Hour after hour, each time we looked out of the window! Intrestingly, we first flew over built up areas, then areas of bush followed by hours of red desert. Australia really is huge! As it started to get darker the scenery changed to 'thousands' of uninhabited Indonesian islands and the sunset was amazing! The colours changed from the deepest red, we have ever seen, to the palest orange. Wow, really beautiful!!!
Finally, we landed in Denpasar airport, Bali. We grabbed a taxi straight to our hotel, where our friendly honeymoon bikers (we had met earlier in Laos) were waiting. Friendly faces after a long day!
