Airports

I love the idea of travel. I love the idea of new places, new cultures, new foods.

I hate the practicalities of travel.

I'm on my way to Gladstone for the weekend. Why Gladstone, you may ask - well, it's a friends birthday. 'Nuff said.

Now one of the good thinks about living in or near a regional centre, as opposed to a capital is the regional airport. Small, friendly, manageable. Even if they don't have the range of flights in and out to all the places you might want to go, at all the times you might want to travel. Even if getting to them means you have to drive because there are no trains and few buses. Parking is not usually a problem, nor as expensive as a major airport.

I think all airports should be about the same size as Newcastle, Gladstone, or at a push, Brisbane. Any bigger and they are getting too big, too unwieldy, too crowded and less friendly.