Tazmania and Lizard, Tue Dec 6, 2022
The flight from PDX to YVR was really comfortable in a De Havilland Q400 turboprop. It was interesting watching the prop pitch changes during landing and deceleration. Each engine is 4850 horsepower so it slows down quickly with no wheel braking. YVR was very quiet and food places closed at 6pm on a Tuesday evening. Lots of interesting native peoples art to help pass the time.
Fly to Australia PDX→YVR→SYD→MEL
We flew Air Canada from PDX 3:40pm-1h15m->YVR 4:55pm 3h05m layover where we got dinner before flying the long leg to Sydney YVR 8:00pm-15h45m->SYC 6:45am 2h45m layover then a short hop to Melbourne SYD 9:30am-1h35m->MEL 11:05am on Virgin Australia. The flight cost about $800pp for the one-way. We left the house at about 1:30pm PST and arrived at our Melbourne hotel at noon Australian Eastern Daylight Time for an elapsed travel time of 27h30m.
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2:00pm Lunch/Dinner at our favorite Restaurant in PDX: Evergreen
Kathi had Kale salad with mixed greens, avocado, roasted broccoli and brussel sprouts,
tomatoes, kimchi, seeds, Parmasan cheese, and gochujang vino dressing - really good! |
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| Our house is down there somewhere |
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| There it is |
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| Sunset at 4:28pm — it gets dark early this far north. Long days are going to be nice in Australia! |
Native Peoples' art in the Vancouver airport
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| Kathi loves owls, but this one looks sad, maybe because he has penguin feet. Carved from serpentine stone |
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| Artsy shot while we wander YVR |
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| Brown paper dress, beads are hot melt glue |
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| This one is reminiscent of an Australian aboriginal style, acrylic on canvas |
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| Modern styled stuff turned on modern lathes |
there was no food open in the airport, even on a Tuesday evening at 6:00pm so dinner was nut bars and water
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| All masked up and ready for the long haul on a 787 |
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| Waiting to take off at 8:00pm |
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