Above: Great Barrier Reef flying from Cairns.
Flying on standby can be nerve-wrecking, especially when flights are busy and don’t run every day. We returned the rental car at Cairns airport. We were pleased to have boarding passes issued to us for the 1130 flight, not minding that we were stuck at the tail of the plane. On some days, just a seat, any seat is good enough.
We landed back in Auckland at 1800, feeling pleased that we could get home from this little mini-break and back to work (and income).