I am sitting in an extorionately priced internet terminal in Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne. Waiting for the boarding call for the flight to Hong Kong, and then back to London. Something like 20 odd hours ahead of sitting, watching and attempting to sleep.
It has been blisteringly hot today in Melbourne, but the cool change arrived just as the taxi hit the freeway. The rain has been tipping from the clouds and the lightening has been streaking across the sky.
And as I type this sentence the clock has struck midnight, the people in the bar (a few festive beers in) have just cheered, the charming lady who has been delivering bad news for the Qantas passengers (something about the tarmac being closed -odd and how does that happen) has just wished us all a Happy start to 2010.
How odd! By far the most strange of places to be on this night. And have had a few. As 1999 became 2000 I was in Sydney, treating a guy with cystic fibrosis, I have been up mountains, in parks and on beaches but never in an airport.
So to all those who have been kind enough to read this blog in 2009 thanks. And I hope you are having an exciting and fitting start to 2010.
Happy New Year – safe travels