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[Entwood]

What did you do Nige - tie a knot in it? 

Ron.

No need .. the facilities on the C130 Hercules were 2nd to none ..... (believe that and you'll believe anything!! .. but we did have proper urinals and a "bucket-and-chuckit" chemical toilet ...    )

[Doctor Gollum]

What did you do Nige - tie a knot in it? 

Ron.

No need .. the facilities on the C130 Hercules were 2nd to none ..... (believe that and you'll believe anything!! .. but we did have proper urinals and a "bucket-and-chuckit" chemical toilet ...    )

Not to mention the sodding great big self flushing hole at the back

[Entwood]

What did you do Nige - tie a knot in it? 

Ron.

No need .. the facilities on the C130 Hercules were 2nd to none ..... (believe that and you'll believe anything!! .. but we did have proper urinals and a "bucket-and-chuckit" chemical toilet ...    )

Not to mention the sodding great big self flushing hole at the back

Not a lot of use at 28,000 ft ... depressurising to open that would be a tad painful and "might" just lead to a "slight" shortage of breath as well as rather cold "bits" ...     

[Gaffers]

What did you do Nige - tie a knot in it? 

Ron.

No need .. the facilities on the C130 Hercules were 2nd to none ..... (believe that and you'll believe anything!! .. but we did have proper urinals and a "bucket-and-chuckit" chemical toilet ...    )

Not to mention the sodding great big self flushing hole at the back

Not a lot of use at 28,000 ft ... depressurising to open that would be a tad painful and "might" just lead to a "slight" shortage of breath as well as rather cold "bits" ...     

Not to mention disposing of the 'privacy shower curtain' in a rather dramatic fashion

[Doctor Gollum]

Range of a normally-laiden 787-9 = 14,260km
LON > Perth = 14,468km

They must be limiting capacity in order to make it which means they will up the fares to compensate.

The 789 is a deceptively large aircraft... Possible that they aren't planning on carrying freight on that route

[Doctor Gollum]

What did you do Nige - tie a knot in it? 

Ron.

No need .. the facilities on the C130 Hercules were 2nd to none ..... (believe that and you'll believe anything!! .. but we did have proper urinals and a "bucket-and-chuckit" chemical toilet ...    )

Not to mention the sodding great big self flushing hole at the back

Not a lot of use at 28,000 ft ... depressurising to open that would be a tad painful and "might" just lead to a "slight" shortage of breath as well as rather cold "bits" ...     

Not to mention disposing of the 'privacy shower curtain' in a rather dramatic fashion

Well, there is that

[Gaffers]

Range of a normally-laiden 787-9 = 14,260km
LON > Perth = 14,468km

They must be limiting capacity in order to make it which means they will up the fares to compensate.

The 789 is a deceptively large aircraft... Possible that they aren't planning on carrying freight on that route

Just wait until the A350-1000 comes in to service in Europe.

[Doctor Gollum]

787-10 shouldn't be too far behind it

The standard A350 is another aircraft that is bigger than it looks... Prettier than the A380, but the Dreamliner is a more elegant design... Something about the shape of the nose reminds me of the Comet...

[Entwood]

What did you do Nige - tie a knot in it? 

Ron.

No need .. the facilities on the C130 Hercules were 2nd to none ..... (believe that and you'll believe anything!! .. but we did have proper urinals and a "bucket-and-chuckit" chemical toilet ...    )

Not to mention the sodding great big self flushing hole at the back

Not a lot of use at 28,000 ft ... depressurising to open that would be a tad painful and "might" just lead to a "slight" shortage of breath as well as rather cold "bits" ...     

Not to mention disposing of the 'privacy shower curtain' in a rather dramatic fashion

Curtain only of use if you actually lower the bucket into position before use ..... and yes .. I've seen a passenger climb up and try to use it in the stowed position ........   

[Gaffers]

787-10 shouldn't be too far behind it

The standard A350 is another aircraft that is bigger than it looks... Prettier than the A380, but the Dreamliner is a more elegant design... Something about the shape of the nose reminds me of the Comet...

3x3 in the back. Can do 3-4-3 but it's very cramped. The amount of IT on board these things now is incredible. Will keep me in a job for a while

[Lazydocker]

I’m certainly looking forward to using the Direct flight in the future... Dubai to Melbourne is 16 hours so the extra hour makes it worth it (if flying Direct with no stopover). I’d then seriously consider driving from Perth to Melbourne when doing it.

As for flight times... We had a midday(ish) departure from LHR and arrived into Melbourne late evening... Virtually no jet lag at all going out there but it hit me like a ton of bricks about 5 days after getting back to the UK - just as I was getting back into work

What people forget is that long haul flights are not in the same league as short haul when it comes to comfort and facilities, especially if you have a young child and get the bulkhead seats 😉

[Sir Tigger KC]

I’d then seriously re consider driving from Perth to Melbourne when doing it.

FTFY LD 

That's a great drive to do once for the adventure. 

The reality is that much of it is a very long boring drive through flat scrubby desert.  One well known stretch the '90 mile straight' is notable, but there are lots of 89,88,87 etc etc straights as well! 

It took me 3 days in an elderly Ford Cortina which I rarely took over 70mph and it's not advisable to drive across the Nullabor Desert or the vast farmlands at night as feral camels tend to settle down on the warm tarmac at night and Kangaroos have a habit of jumping out! 

You regularly see massive bloodstains on the road where a Kangaroo has jumped out in front of a roadtrain! 

Believe it or not the Western Australia Police patrol with planes to catch people speeding!    It really is the absolute middle of butt opps nowhere!   

[Lazydocker]

I’d then seriously re consider driving from Perth to Melbourne when doing it.

FTFY LD 

That's a great drive to do once for the adventure. 

The reality is that much of it is a very long boring drive through flat scrubby desert.  One well known stretch the '90 mile straight' is notable, but there are lots of 89,88,87 etc etc straights as well! 

It took me 3 days in an elderly Ford Cortina which I rarely took over 70mph and it's not advisable to drive across the Nullabor Desert or the vast farmlands at night as feral camels tend to settle down on the warm tarmac at night and Kangaroos have a habit of jumping out! 

You regularly see massive bloodstains on the road where a Kangaroo has jumped out in front of a roadtrain! 

Believe it or not the Western Australia Police patrol with planes to catch people speeding!    It really is the absolute middle of butt opps nowhere!   

Yep. Seriously looked at it last time we are there

Looking at the prices I’ve just been emailed they have loaded the economy price for LHR - Perth... It’s cheaper to fly to Melbourne. Premium Economy is, however, slightly cheaper than the Melbourne flights.

I think we will actually have a couple of days layover in Bubai next time though

[Sir Tigger KC]

I’d then seriously re consider driving from Perth to Melbourne when doing it.

FTFY LD 

That's a great drive to do once for the adventure. 

The reality is that much of it is a very long boring drive through flat scrubby desert.  One well known stretch the '90 mile straight' is notable, but there are lots of 89,88,87 etc etc straights as well! 

It took me 3 days in an elderly Ford Cortina which I rarely took over 70mph and it's not advisable to drive across the Nullabor Desert or the vast farmlands at night as feral camels tend to settle down on the warm tarmac at night and Kangaroos have a habit of jumping out! 

You regularly see massive bloodstains on the road where a Kangaroo has jumped out in front of a roadtrain! 

Believe it or not the Western Australia Police patrol with planes to catch people speeding!    It really is the absolute middle of butt opps nowhere!   

Yep. Seriously looked at it last time we are there

Looking at the prices I’ve just been emailed they have loaded the economy price for LHR - Perth... It’s cheaper to fly to Melbourne. Premium Economy is, however, slightly cheaper than the Melbourne flights.

I think we will actually have a couple of days layover in Bubai next time though

I got that wrong. 

It was 3 days from Adelaide to Perth!    Melbourne to Adelaide was another 2 days IIRC. 

We took 3 weeks to drive from Sydney to Perth.  Although that allowed for a fair few drinking days! 


We may have got entangled with members of the fairer sex as well, which held us up a bit here and there! 

[Lagondanet]

Great! When will they do Adelaide direct? I can go and see my mum.