The flight was uneventful in the main part, although it was almost
an hour late leaving Sydney; that just meant we enjoyed the hospitality of the
Qantas Club champagne bar for a little longer.
Our first flight to Lord Howe was in a 7-seat plane, Jayne acted as the
hostie and served coffee from the café bar, my brother Scott was sat in the
co-pilot’s seat. No, he is not a
qualified pilot. I thought I was going
to die as we flew through thunderstorms and headed up the coast. What ever happened today really wasn’t going
to compete with that nightmare, I mean memory.
Today we were on a Qantas Dash 8 that seats 36 with a pilot,
co-pilot and air steward; luxury. A
rather curious choice of ‘snack’ was offered which made me immediately regret
not making a toastie in the Qantas lounge.
Who thought that a brown bread, egg and lettuce sandwich with caesar dressing
would be a popular choice? Did I say
choice? There was no choice - that was the snack. Yes, yes, I know, first world problems, but I
don’t eat eggs. Mercifully, a box
containing a Crunchie and half an apple, sliced, and some water followed. A Crunchie, food from the 70s.
As I said the flight was uneventful, perhaps because I slept through
most of it. The landing was somewhat
agricultural, the wings dipping from side to side as we approached the runway,
but there was quite a strong crosswind, so I upgraded my original landing score
from a 5 to 7.
On arrival, Rex and Louise, who own the Treehouse, met us. Following a driving tour of the island we
were deposited at our accommodation. Not
much has changed since we were here sometime last century. There are a few new houses, the golf club has
a verandah, there are some new places to stay and a lot more cars. Dinner venues are pretty much unchanged as
well, although some have experienced a name change.
Our accommodation is gorgeous.
One bedroom, luxurious bathroom with floor to ceiling tiles, lounge
room/kitchen area that looks out to the lagoon across a 3 metre deck with daybed,
table and lounge. Yes, that’s right –
the Treehouse has not 1 but 2 lounges to sit on whenever we like and that in
itself is enough for us to feel like we are in heaven (for those of you who don’t
know, we have recently moved from our outer suburban large family home to a two
bedroom unit in the city and are awaiting furnishings, so we have no lounge and
sit on the floor). The view I hear you
ask? Stunning. Well the pictures speak for themselves - well they will when the cloud clears.
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| Looking from door to door |
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| Verandah to the lagoon |
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| The verandah |
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| View to the lagoon |
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| The view from the verandah to the lagoon |
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| The bedroom |
On arrival we decided that we would hire bikes to get around. Tonight after walking back from The Anchorage
after dinner we decided that wasn’t such a good idea. We are on top of a rather steep hill. Awesome to ride down, but a bitch heading the
other way.
And so at the end of our first day, the sun has set and I am sitting
on the verandah tapping away at this blog, we have learned two things: 1. Do not go out for dinner without your torch. It is very dark here at night. 2. Insect
repellant is a must (lucky we remembered it).
Bzzzzzzz. Slap.
PS It has taken almost 4 hours to load the pictures, so I'm not certain there will be many photographs published in future posts.
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