DAY 1

Week 1

TOWNSVILLE (Queensland, AUS) to NEW YORK (New York, USA)
via SYDNEY (New South Wales, AUS) & HONG KONG (Hong Kong, China)

Tuesday May 19th, 2020

TODAYS MILEAGE – 13,832 miles / 22,260 kilometres
TRIP MILEAGE – 13,832 miles / 22,260 kilometres



With the best part of over a year’s planning and a few bureaucratic nightmares behind us, it’s all come down to today being the departure date.

Through the advancements in modern technologies and with any kind of luck, hoofing nearly 14,000 miles and just over 28 hours in actual flight times, I should parked up in the Big Apple proper for the first time.

Strap yourselves in & brace yourselves folks ….. here we go - we're wheels up in two hours! Be Happy



• TOWNSVILE to SYDNEY ~ Departing Australia
• SYDNEY to NEW YORK ~ Arriving In America


Here's a breakdown of the travel times and distances:

∗ TOWNSVILLE ~ Fitzy's Poverty Palace (Queensland, AUS) to TOWNSVILLE ~ Domestic Airport (Queensland, AUS)

3.5 miles or 5.6 kilometres

• Travel Time: 10 minutes

∗ TOWNSVILLE ~ Domestic Airport (Queensland, AUS) to BRISBANE ~ Domestic Terminal (Queensland, AUS)

690 miles / 1,110 kilometres

• Qantas Flight QF755: 1 hours 48 minutes

∗ BRISBANE ~ Domestic Terminal (Queensland, AUS) to SYDNEY ~ Kingsford Smith International Airport (New South Wales, AUS)

467 miles / 751 kilometres

• Qantas Flight QF537: 1 hours 22 minutes

∗ SYDNEY ~ Kingsford Smith International Airport (New South Wales, AUS) to HONG KONG ~ Chek Lap Kok International Airport (Hong Kong, CHN)

4,581 miles / 7,372 kilometres

• Cathay Pacific Flight CX138: 9 hours 10 minutes

∗ HONG KONG ~ Chek Lap Kok International Airport (Hong Kong, CHN) to NEW YORK ~ JFK International Airport (New York, USA)

8,072 miles / 12,990 kilometres

• Cathay Pacific Flight CX830: 15 hours 46 minutes

∗ NEW YORK ~ JFK International Airport (New York, USA) to NEW YORK (New York, USA)

18.2 miles / 29.3 kilometres

• Travel Time: 47 minutes