Mar 17. Dash to Sidney

We were awakened early by a call from our son Steven to tell us that the Prime minister had announced new restrictions for those coming into Canada that would come into effect on Wednesday.  That was enough to send us to the airport to see if we could get on an earlier flight.

We left the hotel about about 6 am.  It was still dark and raining a bit so the first half of the 3 and a half hour trip through the Blue Mountains was interesting to say the least. The Garmin GPS that we had picked up at the rental agency came in handy.  The speed limit goes changes from 100 to 60 with suddenly (40 when school children are present) and there as speed cameras everywhere.  The GPS beeps when the speed changes giving you a warning which was handy.

At the airport we turned the car in and went to the departures area.  It was not particularly busy but agents told us that there was no space on flights later in the day and that the next day flights were overbook.  They could not check us in for our flights the next day on United and the mobile app would not allow check in either.  Very suspicious.

We ran into Tom and Shirley who had been on the tour with us and they were leaving at 1:00 routing through Los Angles to Boston.   The Boston to Halifax part of their trip had been cancelled. As this was the same flight as we were supposed to be on the following day, it was a bit disconcerting.

There was nothing to do but wait until the next day and check in when the desk opened 3 hours before the flight.  We went to the airport hotel that we had booked for the next week.  With some discussion that moved our reservation to that night.

The Citadines Connect Sydney Airport was a short shuttle ride from the terminal and had an interesting rooftop bar and restaurant. We enjoyed the views.