And we're off!

The plane is huge! With two floors.

Always worried about flight delay's etc we left home early, about noon, to get to the airport.  The flight was good and quick but with an eight hour layover in LA while waiting for our flight to Sydney.  Unfortunatly the Sydney flight was running a bit late out of New York so it wasn't until after 1am that we took off. 

The Quantas flight was great (despite the senior citizens who insisted on reclining their seat into my lap for the entire 14 hours).  I slept for several hours which made the next day possible, minimizing any jet lag.  Leaving for Australia late at night is perfect because you land in the mid morning, about 8am.  If you sleep on the flight then it's almost like you're already on the right time schedule when you arrive.