Today I flew from Sydney to Canberra on a DeHavilland Dash 8 prop plane. For those unfamiliar with aeroplanology, that means a plane that doesn’t have proper jet engines, but propellers on the wings that you watch go round and round as you bump around all over the sky and try not to vomit. Because it’s so small, it also means your cabin baggage is limited to 4kg. I had my usually meticulously packed and weighed 7kg of little red suitcase luggage ready to take on a proper plane. The Dash-8 and an officious check-in person changed that plan. So I took out my laptop and the work I wanted to do on the minibus with wings, popped them into a plastic bag and checked-in my suitcase. Of course, as soon as I got through security, the sharp corner of my notebook tore through the plastic bag, so I had 25 minutes to find an alternative bag that cost lest than $800 in Sydney airport. I found the one in the photo for $20. The sad truth is that it looks better in the photo than it does in reality. My flight was then delayed for a further 45 minutes, so I took advantage of that time to flounce about with my garish tote and pretend I had just returned from a package holiday to Ibiza. If only I'd had some camel-coloured fluffy mules to go with it.
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