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Touched down at Melbourne Tullamarine International Airport at 10 minutes past 12 noon. 6 hours later, I'mat my computer blogging...

Just mkaing space on my harddribe now to transfer all the photos and video's taken on the trip... which currently stands at a whopping 335GB. It looks like I need to invest in another internal HDD.... possibly 2tb now...

Anyway, the airport was surprisingly all to east to get out of. After a few minutes at the duty free store, where I purchased 2 1 litre Johnnie Walker Black Labels (that came with a carry bag and hand towel), I moved on to immigration, where i found that the new ePassports are awesome and so hassle free. My bag appeared on the luggage belt just as I arrived at the baggage claim. Customs wasn't fussed at all about me having been a wilderness area in the last 30 days (Maliau Basin Trek - details AND photos at a later date). They just asked if I had taken back any plant or animal material with me (no), or if I had any muddy shoes (washed them clean), then sent me right through the door to the arrivals hall.

A few minutes later and my mum arrived, with Pip, my Bijion Frise, in the front seat panting and jumping with elation at my return (I hope). A quick stop at Hungry Jack for a whopper, some grocery shopping, then it was home sweet home.

I could reflect on the trip now.. but my eyes are dry and aching, and my mind is far too weary to make any sense of the last one and a half months and translate the memories into a comprehensible post. So I leave you with some snaps of the past 6 hours, and will be back later to fill you in on the trip, which currently stands as the major highlight of my life so far.


This is how fluffy my dog is now - he hasn't had a haircut since I left.


The duty free Johnny Walkers - just found out that they've been aged for 12 years! Will save them for special occasion... perhaps a welcome home drink session? :p

That's it for now. Ciao.

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