Flights

Farewell Qantas 747: Thanks for the memories

The Qantas 747 has flown off to the desert, but the memories it leaves will last a lifetime.

The stars guide us home

Flying home from Singapore aboard QF52 to Brisbane then QF502 to Sydney.

Rivers in the desert

Flying QF81 from Sydney to Singapore over the inland rivers of eastern and central Australia.

Part 5: Osaka and heading home

In this final instalment I rejoin my family in Osaka, visit the Kyoto Railway Museum, Toei Studio Park and Universal Studios Japan, before flying home to Sydney on Jetstar.

Part 1: Sydney to Osaka

I set out on a quest to visit each of the Japanese railway systems compass points of stations. The journey begins in a basic hotel and with flights on Jetstar from Sydney to Osaka via Cairns.