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Melbourne Day 3, 24th September 2022

Our final day in Melbourne!

On the morning of the 24th September 2022 we all got up, washed, and packed for our check-out time of 10am. Our flight was originally scheduled to leave at 7.15pm so we had the whole day to spend in Melbourne.

We went shopping at the Highpoint shopping centre then headed over to a Krispy Kreme store! We all got coffees while Jodie got a Milkshake and 2 donuts for later; Reese's Peanut Butter Cheesecake, and Chocolate Hazelnut 🍩



Afterwards we headed off to Northland shopping centre for more shopping, had sushi for lunch, Jodie spotted this amazing skull Halloween shirt for Scott in the first TK Maxx we went to but unfortunately they didn't have it in his size but she finally found one that fitted in the 3rd TK Maxx we visited, Cerys got a new pair of trainers, Halloween socks for Jodie, and a couple of mugs for myself. After lunch we went to DFO outlet at Uni hill.


While we were shopping Scott got a call from the airline to say our flight had been delayed by an hour, was now with Qantas instead of Jetstar, and that they would send the new flight information through to us. 

We then took a drive to Starbucks where Jodie (aka Godian 😂) got a Green Tea Frappuccino, and Cerys (aka Kares 😂) got a Green Tea Iced Latte.





Afterwards, we dropped the car off at the hire place, caught an Uber to Melbourne Airport, and started distributing the weight in our carry-on luggage, where I managed to break one of the mugs I bought earlier 😭 I was devastated.

Once all that was sorted we headed over the the Qantas check-in to collect our new boarding passes, but were met with confusion, as they didn't have a flight leaving to Hobart at that time. Another worker overheard the conversation and directed us to Virgin Airlines as they had another passenger with the same problem. We finally got our boarding passes for the flight home, and had plenty of time, so we went to the food court to grab a drink and something to eat. 









After a while, Scott noticed the schedule board said our flight gate was actually at the other end of the airport; at gate 10 instead of gate 2 as advised. He also noticed it said the gate was closing - even though we didn't hear a boarding announcement! We grabbed our things and ran to the other end of the airport, hearing an announcement for the stragglers of that exact flight, of which our names were not listed. We reached the gate, scanned our boarding passes, and were on the flight! We had to squeeze our luggage into the overhead compartments a few rows away from us, as there was very little room left, being the last few people on the flight.

The flight took off at 8:25pm, and we landed in Hobart an hour later.

(Whaaat!, we don't get fancy crockery or designer glasses on the flight! 😕😂)

We have never been happier to reach home 😅

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