Fri, 13:11:
The “Holiday Fuel” saga continues! This time with a happy ending, at least.
After what happened at the Sydney Airport, we had the wherewithal to tell the lady at checkin about the canisters. After leaving to consult with her supervisor for a minute, she came back and told us that indeed the same was likely to happen here, if airport security were to see the shapes of gas cans in our luggage scans.
This was when we learned that there are no limits on liquids in carry-ons for domestic flights in Australia, and the lady suggested we just carry them with us on the plane. We had no idea that was even an option. Just inform an agent when we go through security, she said.
So: that’s what we did. We wound up talking to several airport staff in the process but in the end it was still fine. After I said, “It’s just liquor, it’s not actually gas,” the first guy we spoke to was so casual about it he quipped, “Gas coming through!”
But, the young woman actually looking at these security scans was clearly a little unsure about it. Once again I explained. Another guy came over, said “I’ll just have my supervisor sniff these,” and away he went.
Within a couple of minutes the canisters were back again, now with yet another young woman, doing some kind of official test on them with a machine. Then came the most fun part: after they were quickly cleared, this young woman, unprompted, said, “I see a T and a V, is that for tequila and vodka?”
Ha! Indeed. A woman after our own hearts. ⛽️🍸 https://t.co/eA0N67nbNM
Fri, 20:37: The hotel so nice we stayed there twice! Back in 2020 we were on floor 19 with a view of … another wall of our same building. But! This year the out us on floor 31! Not the best view they have but *way* better than before, facing northeast from the back side of the building … with a partial view of Sydney Harbour! (With a zoom anyway.)
Point of clarification: the elevator buttons go up to 39 but the building actually has 32 floors, which makes our “floor 31” actually 24 floors up. Whatever! Either way we’re 12 floors higher than we were in 2020 and that makes me happy. https://t.co/Pay0qYaG5Z
