All's well that ends well

My second to last full day on ship; I'll be taking an early (~6:30am) airport shuttle Monday morning, and flying for approximately sixteen hours through four airports to return home on Monday evening. (That crazy little interntional date line!)

I've been astonished, once again, at how preposterously expensive some things are in Australia. Examples:
* paint roller covers: AUD$11.80 (USD$9.91)
* four liters (roughly a gallon) of standard interior semi-gloss paint: AUD$70 (USD$58.80)
* blue 3M painter's masking tape, for a 1" wide roll? AU$18!!! (USD$15.11)
* And AUD$28 (USD$23.50) for a 2" roll!

Absolutely, totally, completely asinine, and utterly indefensible.

Working out some last minute travel issues, and getting ready to spend most of an entire day on planes and in airports.

Very likely this will be my last post from Australia, so images should soon follow. See some of you soon!