We made it to Australia!

G’day Mates! The 2010 meat judging team sends greetings from Sydney, Australia. After leaving Los Angeles Thursday night around 11, we landed here at 6:45 Saturday morning. The plane we flew on was the biggest I’ve ever seen: double decker, 450 passengers, and almost 80 meters in wing span. Due to time change differences, we never got to experience Friday June 25, 2010. The flight was long but worth it in the end. We do much today besides study for the contest and walk around the city a little bit. Tomorrow we are meeting up with a team from Murdoch University and will tour a family farming operation.


Wade

Cheers! We made it to Australia! The 15 hour flight was quite the feat, however we were treated very well. The plane was very new updated with the latest technology. When we weren’t sleeping, there were movies, television, audio books and much more to keep us occupied. We were served two meals during the flight, which surprisingly wasn’t bad, and it was “free”. When we got into Sydney, we had to wait for a couple bags that came in on a flight about 15 minutes behind ours.

Once we collected our bags, we wondered around aimlessly looking for a way to get to our hotel. Jaymes asked about three different people how to get there, the reason he had to ask so many people is because he would forget the directions by the time he had to repeat it to us. We walked up and down the strip in front of the airport with all of our luggage, debating whether to walk or to take a cab. We decided to take a cab.

We walked around Sydney a little to find some lunch, walked up and down the strip of local shops about four times before we decided on what to eat. Part of the problem was that no one had Australian currency and none of the shops took Visa. I suppose that is enough for now, we are looking forward to meeting up with Peter McGilchrist tomorrow; he might actually know how to get somewhere!

From Down Under,

Becky