Sydney to Alice Springs, Day 4 - June 19, 2000
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Our pick up for the airport was a nervous 10 minutes late. When late we tend to think we've been forgotten. We arrived at the airport with plenty of time but found that the size for carry on luggage is much reduced from US domestic flights and we had to check everything but our cameras.
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Our plane was a 737 and it was probably good not to have the carry on bags. Like the Orlando to LAX there would have been precious little foot room. When we arrived at the airport there was some question about the ability to take off. Due to the fog, visibility was about 1,000 ft or less. By flight time it had improved dramatically.
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Taking off from Sydney airport was a new experience. Not more than 30 or 40 feet above the runway we entered the clouds, not a thick bank, just enough to obscure Sydney.
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In the US we have four different time zones, each an hour apart. Then we confuse the issue with daylight savings time. In some states you can switch time zones every time you enter or leave a small town. There is also a time difference between Sydney and Alice Springs but it is only ½ hour. That's novel to us.
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