{"id":4710,"date":"2022-12-19T20:44:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T01:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/?p=4710"},"modified":"2022-12-19T20:44:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T01:44:13","slug":"day-42-fly-to-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/?p=4710","title":{"rendered":"Day 42, Fly to Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday, December 14, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I could not sleep. My chest felt tight, so I took a Benadryl. Jim woke up at 4am, and I sent him off to tour Kata Tjuta at sunrise. I went back to sleep!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had to check out of our hotel as soon as Jim returned from his morning excursion. We could still go swimming before it was time to take the bus to the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally we were going to spend 2 nights with Denise and Martin in Melbourne, but our time there was shortened to just 14 hours. We got a room at the Melbourne airport hotel, and that was great. Denise and Martin met us for dinner at the hotel\u2019s restaurant, and then we crawled into bed exhausted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"458\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/E07EC23A-157C-42FB-9023-31762A873891.jpeg?resize=610%2C458&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/E07EC23A-157C-42FB-9023-31762A873891-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/E07EC23A-157C-42FB-9023-31762A873891-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/E07EC23A-157C-42FB-9023-31762A873891-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/E07EC23A-157C-42FB-9023-31762A873891-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/E07EC23A-157C-42FB-9023-31762A873891-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/E07EC23A-157C-42FB-9023-31762A873891-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/E07EC23A-157C-42FB-9023-31762A873891-scaled.jpeg?w=1220&amp;ssl=1 1220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/E07EC23A-157C-42FB-9023-31762A873891-scaled.jpeg?w=1830&amp;ssl=1 1830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Goodbye to Sails in the Fesert hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"458\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9111BDD0-1B31-46AB-8720-724E40046DE6.jpeg?resize=610%2C458&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9111BDD0-1B31-46AB-8720-724E40046DE6-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9111BDD0-1B31-46AB-8720-724E40046DE6-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9111BDD0-1B31-46AB-8720-724E40046DE6-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9111BDD0-1B31-46AB-8720-724E40046DE6-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9111BDD0-1B31-46AB-8720-724E40046DE6-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9111BDD0-1B31-46AB-8720-724E40046DE6-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9111BDD0-1B31-46AB-8720-724E40046DE6-scaled.jpeg?w=1220&amp;ssl=1 1220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herons-flight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/9111BDD0-1B31-46AB-8720-724E40046DE6-scaled.jpeg?w=1830&amp;ssl=1 1830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dinner with Denise and Martin. They had met neighbors (Henry and Sims) on a flight somewhere. They were doing the Great Loop and were at the boathouse on Gibson Island. As I recall, Henry and Sims were busy or away, so we had Denise and Martin over for dinner. We had a great time. They said \u201cif you ever come to Melbourne, come stay with us\u201d!!!! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, December 14, 2022. I could not sleep. My chest felt tight, so I took a Benadryl. Jim woke up at 4am, and I sent him off to tour Kata Tjuta at sunrise. I went back to sleep! 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