Avalon

Katrin (who arrived Thursday) and I flew out to Sydney Friday evening. Taking advantage of cheap airfare on Jetstar, we opted for a flight out of Avalon airport (rather than Melbourne's main airport of Tullamarine). This necessitated an hour long bus ride to the west of town toward Geelong, which included a stop in Werribee to pick-up an additional passenger. That passenger was initially missing, but after some phone calls he was eventually located in the TAB next to the bus station - apparently he'd decided to have a beer and play a few slots while waiting for his ride. We eventually arrived at Avalon and were a bit surprised to find that there were no planes. Anywhere. No one else seemed concerned, however, so we just checked-in at the shack/airport terminal and grabbed a bite to eat. Sure enough, a plane did eventually come along and took us off to Sydney, although we remained perplexed as to why an entire airport exists to service what appears to be a single plane. In any case, Avalon now goes down in my book as the smallest commercial airport I've ever seen. In comparison, the airports of Newport News, Virginia, Bloomington, Illinois, Key West, Florida, Aspen, Colorado, and San Andreas, Colombia are gigantic.