I have been living in denial. Not the river. The state of mind. Spoke to my dad today, and he brought up the issue I have been avoiding. He asked me how much it cost to drive the Humber up here, in those bygone days of cheaper fuel. I dug backwards in my brain. It cost $300. Three hundred dollars. With the current price of petrol, that would now be more like $450 - plus camping ground fees, and food. Then came the realisation that if I am going to be dossing in Carlton, there will be nowhere to keep my car. Actually, I won’t really need my car to get around if I am practically in the city already. My bass rig is already stashed at someone elses house - the only issue I may have, is getting M to and from Avalon airport when he comes down for the wedding we’re invited to mid-May. So I am thinking I might fly. Mule style. Clutching my laptop, winter clothes and guitar.
While watching Jamie’s School Dinners (loving it) I saw an ad for Flight Centre. Their motto is now Search. Compare. Book. It should actually be;
I went there. I searched. I compared. And then I did not book. I went to the VirginBlue site, and checked out what they had on the same day. What a surprise. Flight Centre only shows you some flights that are available. For example, on Tuesday April 27th, Flight Centre informs me that VirginBlue flight DJ308 leaves from Brisbane (to Melbourne) at 7am for $160. The VirginBlue site confirms that, yes, this schedule is correct, however, their price for flight DJ308 is, instead, $119. Interesting. I looked on the Flight Centre site for some small print that might excuse them, but it must be pretty small, because I couldn’t find it. Obviously they whack something on top of VirginBlue’s base price, but why don’t they say so?!! I think I am turning into a curmudgeon. Help! Help!
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Tony typed this on Apr 21 05 at 7:53 amSlightly off topic but during Jamie’s School Dinners here in Melbourne last night there was an ad for Domino’s Pizza. Made me chuckle at whoever bought that spot seeing as how it came after he used their logo to show how kids know their bad stuff better than their veggies.
b:p typed this on Apr 21 05 at 10:37 amHee hee. I was laughing at the same thing up here - but in my case it was an ad for Nutella. I love how the woman on the ad is a mother ‘and a teacher’ so it MUST be healthy. Like Nestle makes anything healthy. gah.
Rae typed this on Apr 21 05 at 11:39 amTry Webjet too. They seem to list some cheap options, mind early in the am, or late in the pm, but hey, cheap is cheap!
Ren typed this on Apr 21 05 at 3:47 pmHey Beth, if you’re really stuck for a ride, give me a hoi. I live about 20 minutes out of Avalon.
b:p typed this on Apr 21 05 at 9:33 pmI have had a realisation. There is a skybus kind of thing that goes into Spencer Street. So thank you Ren! You are a saviour, but I will be a bus-tard…
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