Day 1 - Tue 10 Jun 14, Hippo Farm to Dubai via Brisbane
We finally clipped up our panniers and packed them into big storage bags which would become our checked-in baggage together with the bikes. Total weight = 9.8kg. The clothes Wendy will be wearing on the plane plus handlebar bag and small backpack all weighed 4.66kg. A full water bottle weighs 805g, so with 2 on the bike every day, that's another 1.6kg. Total weight on the bike (minus Wendy) = 16.06kg. Greg’s stats were similar. As Greg tried to hook the trailer (with the bikes in boxes) up to the CX5, the fitting broke so we had to re-load the bikes into the ute and drive 2 cars to the airport. Thankfully we had Wendy’s mum and dad with us so they could each drive a vehicle home. We stopped and dropped at the airport and then didn't have to wait too long for check-in to open and we were done before 4:30pm. We had lots of time to wait as the flight from Brisbane (BNE) to Hervey Bay (HVB) was delayed. We finally departed HVB at 6:45pm instead of 6pm. We were...