Saturday, April 23, 2011

Sydney to Adelaide and Kangaroo Island April 20, 2011

We learned this morning that yesterday at the Sydney Airport there was a power failure and 16 people got though security without being scanned. They closed the terminal, rescanned people, kept flights on the tarmac, etc, etc. The backup continued to this morning. All flights full. We got on our flight and as everyone was seated it was announced that someone put a lithium ion computer battery into their checked luggage. They needed to find that piece of luggage which they did in 20 minutes, so off we went to Adelaide.

I am sitting in the row with Elvis. What a nice guy. He and his girlfriend are dressed to the nines in animal print. He has been to Memphis three times, including the 30th anniversary. He showed me part of his Elvis collection; a picture on his cell phone. As we waited for luggage, he graciously posed for a picture.

Off to Kangaroo Island. Made the ferry with little time to spare. It is only a 45 minute ride. Once there we had about another 45 minutes to our motel; met no kangaroos on the road.

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