We have spent the last week in Canberra and Sydney saying final farewells to family and friends.

Now the long week of saying our goodbyes is over, the luggage has been finally packed and checked, and we are sitting in the airport lounge sipping a glass of red before boarding the plane for the next stage of our lives.

Goodbye to Australia – England and the rest of the world, here we come.

Feeling excited but a bit teary also.