After an overnight flight of almost 9 hours we arrived on schedule and zipped through immigration and Customs and was at the Crowne Plaza Coogee Beach by 0830 only, of course, the hotel was full and we had to wait for our room. However it became fairly obvious that something was quite wrong as a lot of guests came and were immediately checked in after we had arrived. As it was getting near to 10.45 am I therefore had a good go at the front desk and it would appear they had given our room to somebody else whilst we were sitting waiting. B….y Great!! So they gave us an upgraded room with a view of the beach. So we went straight to bed before hitting the streets.
After a few hours res, and I must say the room was extremely nice and modern and with a great view over Coogee Beach. We went for a walk, realised we were both hungry and a place on the beach selling ‘Chish and Fips’ and so we bought a couple pack of ‘fips’ The views over the bay from the headland are very nice as you can tell from the photos. Tonight we plan a very casual dinner at a cheap BYO which sells fish, this time without the chips, and then a ice cream to finish it of.
So we have to be up early tomorrow morning, around 0530 to reach the Airport for our 0830 Emirates Airline flight to Christchurch. Lets hope they serve breakfast on the aircraft.
The Internet speed at the Hotel was appalling and I had to give up using it.
