Back in Oakland

I am waiting for hot water for a shower, as we turned down water heater while we were gone, something I didn't remember until I was stepping into the tub. Traveled for just about 40 hours straight through.

Bus: Katherine to Darwin: 4 hours
Waiting in Darwin & at airport, where computers were down and they were hand-checking everyone in (most of this time was in town, though, where we had dinner at sunset on the wharf, and played cards in the park): 8 hrs
Flight: Darwin to Brisbane: 3 hrs
Changing planes at airport: 1/2 of an hr
Flight: Brisbane to Sydney: 1 hr. +
Waiting in Sydney airport (where we slept and had some actually good sandwiches and Coluzzi Cafe) + sitting on runway waiting out a thunderstorm: 6 hr + 1/2 hr.
Flight: Sydney to SF: 13 hr + 1/2 hr.
Gathering bags, going through customs, getting BART (which happened to have delays a couple of times on the tracks), plus cab ride from station: 2 hrs

Total travel time: 38.5 hours.

Now I go to shower and then to visit the bounteous berkeley bowl to bring fresh vegetables back into my life!