{"id":25799,"date":"2024-10-08T01:49:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T01:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/?page_id=25799"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:44:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:44:50","slug":"return-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/return-to-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The flight around the world<\/strong><\/a> finally came to a close on June 30th, 2023. What was meant to be a one year trip turned into four years thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, with an extra three years added on, stuck in New Zealand and Australia waiting for the last of the Pacific Islands to open their borders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The universe has a sense of irony however and, less than a year after returning to the US (much of which was spent on a full refurbishment of Planey including a snappy new paint scheme) I was offered a new job in, you guessed it, Australia. There was no way I was going to spend a few more years down under without Planey, so another long adventure was on the cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flight in figures:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n