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Day Twenty Three

Posted by petty1912 | 8th October 2009

Most people have a restless night before needing to get up early for a flight. I do every single time and last night was no different. Auckland with current daylight savings is 3 hours ahead of Townsville – our hometown. We fly out of here at 7am which means a 4.30am check-in. I awake at 2am and make a final check and clean out of our luggage. We catch the 4am shuttle service from our motel to the International Airport. It is very busy (Qantas) when we arrive. There are two flights scheduled to leave for Australia prior to ours.

It is also school holidays here – the first week. The departure lounge is full of students and sports people. There must have been some South Pacific Veteran Games on. The island nations include New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Cook Islands. Seeing these teams also make me wonder whether a team from Samoa is here. The New Zealanders have a strong connection to Samoa and are feel

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