Tuesday 11th December.

-1 days to go.

I finished all the packing and getting rid of anything excess this morning. I took all my stuff across to Tweetys room. We decided to end the way we started, we all had breakfast at the Lime Lounge.

I am still decidedly unwell. I have a temperature and feel a little nauseous. I have to last another 5 hours to catch the plane.

The political situation enters the High Court to argue if the GG needs the PMs permission to recall Parliament.

I returned my laptop and mobile phone to the company who provide our admin. Tweety and I went out for lunch and then back to the Office. I then picked up all my luggage and off to the airport we go.

Of all the time I spent in the Solomons, today was the only day with tropical thunderstorms at 1700. Every other storm has been after 1900 until today. There was a delay because the ground crew could not refuel the aircraft until the lightning abated.

We were later still because of people who did not board the flight. The last passenger got on the aircraft at 1720. The last group, I saw in the terminal when I was checking in. People who treat airline travel like a bus trip should be left off the flight. Why do they think they get people to checkin 90 - 120 minutes prior to the flight? The departure times of aircraft are the times they are supposed to lift off, not the time you get on board.

Can we please go back to the days where they closed off the flight and tell people who turn up late to re-book a later flight?

The flight into Brisbane was quite smooth, except for the final 20 minutes into Brisbane.

Well this adventure is nearly over. I will possibly only have 1 or 2 posts left. In the last one I will try to provide a link to photos I have not been able to post. I will also do an update on the political scene in the Solomons to round everything off.