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I’m hatching a plan for part of the group to take a tour of 3-4 Murrembateman cellar doors (Helm, Four Winds, etc) and end up for lunch at Ollyville, the newly remodeled restaurant at Shaw Estate. Those who want can skip the tastings and meet us directly at the restaurant. Can I get an...

Pretty good response so far. I will reach out to Tim Kirk at Clonakilla and Graeme at Shaw Estate to see what they can do for a group visit. The new restaurant at Shaw looks well worth a visit.

Most of the wine-making-places have some sort of restaurant attached, I’d say this is more a lunch in nice surroundings- drinking optional.

Indeed you are correct. What FF would ever let a passport lapse ;) gotta keep all options avail.

A renewal is simply a new passport booklet/number with a new & later expiry date. Everything else must remain the same - no change to the bio info, including name. You just need a paper trail to establish the correct version of your name. The previous passport can be used if it meets those...

Called to cancel my Westpac Black account and spoke to a nice guy in the 'retentions' area who "convinced" me to keep my card (by giving me exactly what I wanted!). As posted up thread, he confirmed the April 2018 switch and 'reduced' annual fee to $250 (from $395) after the Amex companion card...

Our recent family trip on QFi had good (excellent?) PB for elites. Worked exactly as you would hope. Shame about the rest of the QFi experience, but alas PB actually worked unlike 99% of QFd sectors!

Good profit results = don't need to incentivise vouchers (cash up front) with points.

Inspired by frequent CBR visitor @Mattg post about local wineries: How much interest would there be for an AFF meetup at one of the local (Murrembateman?) cellar door restaurant's ? Considering how long it takes to get there, and most only open for lunch (or breakfast), the usual after work...

I received this (double VA SC for Coles group spend until 31 Dec) with only a week left in December!

Property: Pullman Melbourne Albert Park Room booked: Standard Room upgraded/type: Exec corner, hi floor Rate: Flexible Free internet: Yes Welcome drink: Yes x1 - bottled h20 Late check-out: VIP treatment: Nothing special Access to executive lounge (if existing): Yes* Additional care: Welcome...

Long security lines at LAX TBIT this evening. Pax are even attempting (unsuccessfully) to queue on the escalator. Several airline crews are backed-up in the express crew lines. Out of shot left is a repeat of what you can see here. All being observed from the QF Flounge with a drink in...

Getting my 4 y/o to bed was the priority! We had come through from JFK on the earlier 12 so it had already been a long day. This was not my first time out of California delayed for a QF B744 APU fire, indeed it was somewhat a deja vu scenario (wondering if it was the same airframe). About 0045...

I'm on this flight. No sched time at the moment. Next promised update is 0030 PST. Info provided by Capt of QF12 JFK-LAX (4 Dec), ie. same aircraft, was that an APU issue was affecting startup and shutdown procedures. Effects noticed such as 'manual' spoken safety briefing, a few brief...

My “under 12” is already 25kg of that 30.7kg and he is only 4 (ps. This is not including any carry-on which would easily be 7-10kg dom/int ). Hopefully there is always a baby or two to balance out the average.

Day 3 was spent around LA downtown, sights such as The Broad, Disney Concert Hall and LA Town Hall: ... again all via Metro but also taking the Angels Flight (driverless) cable car up the hill for a buck: We also found an interesting and unusual display in the Townhall metro stop. It is...

Three days in LA on our stopover before continuing QF11 to JFK. I didn't find much time to update this TR so this is a catch-up of the past few days. On day 2 we took the Metro down to the California Science Centre which has lots of interesting sights for the AvGeek at heart, an F18 (naval...

My 2c.... 1. Isn't it great Smart Traveller provided that update, particularly when... 2. ... the airline and/or travel agent didn't.

Santa Monica beach to wash away the jetlag :) Under the iconic Santa Monica Pier Evening view from the Level 73 skybar at the Intercon

Day 1 (arrival day) was spent at Santa Monica beach in a hundred degree (38 C) scorcher. Exploring and photos under the pier were a welcome relief from that sun as even the water was not altogether cool. Mrs Oz was happy to see the iconic lifeguard shacks from Baywatch... perhaps disappointed...