5. Three cheers for Qantas!

Being one to naturally push myself to fit everything possible in I had decided to work right up to the day we flew out. Finishing work at 0700 hours, I was now officially on eight weeks annual leave and both excited out of my mind and totally exhausted!! Three hours sleep post a 12 hour night shift, was just enough to get me through the final day of chores, packing and at the airport with time to enjoy the Qantas lounge and a few champagnes before we boarded our 10.55pm flight on the QF009 to Dubai. Whoop whoop!!!

Overall most things were organised and it really was a matter of just finishing the packing, dropping our very spoilt Staffy at her 'Aunts' and doing the final check of our house before we jumped in the cab. We had listed our home on Air BnB and for anyone heading away for more than a week or two we would so thoroughly recommend taking the time to clean up, pack up important personal items and enlist the help of a cleaner or friend to be your 'caretaker'. Of the eight and a half weeks I was away we managed to have it booked for what totaled seven weeks all up! What luck!