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Australia Day 12: To Sydney at Last

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My alarm goes off at 5:30 AM and I try to pull my body out of the dream I'm in. It's always such a challenge waking up when I am in the middle of a dream. Thankfully I had packed everything last night. We just need to change and pack toiletries and jammies, which I can do while half awake. We plan to eat breakfast at the airport so we check out and order our Uber to the airport. Dropping the bags is easy once again and this time Landon’s bag doesn't get flagged for extra screening, even though nothing has changed. When Kailey goes through the metal detector her shirt causes issues as she has metal grommets on the shoulders. She needs to get a pat down on the shoulders, but then she's let go. I need to remember that's not a good airport shirt. I also get flagged by the scanner and I discover a folded up granola bar wrapper in a skinny section of my pocket that I didn't even know was there! After removing it I was good to go as well. We were each given a $10 food ...
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Australia Day 11: The Monkey Wrench

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Nate forgot his reusable water bottle at the rental car place yesterday, and they were closed when he dropped off the car, so today he needs to get it. It had rained overnight, and although it is very cloudy this morning it is quite warm and humid. After breakfast while Nate and Landon retrieve his water bottle, Kailey and I walk to a giftshop to buy a specific key chain. She had had wanted to buy it last night but the store was closed. Upon returning to the hotel it's time for me to figure out how to pack our bags to head home. I would like to pack them in such a way that we only need to get into one of the bags and so that they will also work when we get into LA without needed to adjust things. We have had a baggage allowance while flying internationally of each bag weighing up to 32 kg, which is just over 70 lbs. However when we fly home from LA we are only allowed 50 lbs. I have my beach bag that is quite large that I can take out of the checked bag and use as a carry on item ...
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