Free Beer

Apparently QantasLink has retained the Cairns to Weipa air service, which I guess means that the free beverages will remain. Pheww ...

The flying kangaroo will be visiting (and leaving) town with a larger, faster 72-seat Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft. This state of the art jet - correction - propeller plane will supposedly cut travel time by 15mintues. Which means you'll only be an hour and a half late on the days they can't get their shit together.

According to the press crap: Three additional services per week to Cairns and to Horn Island providing 16 return services per week and an increase of 59% capacity with triple daily services on Monday / Wednesday / Friday and double daily services on Tuesday / Thursday / Sunday.

And here's the interesting bit:

Significant fare reductions for all fare types (the Qld Gov is chipping in, so you'll still be paying in some other form).

Including the introduction of a new residents-only fare, cutting the lowest priced fare from Weipa to Cairns by $60 or 40 percent to just $89.

89 bucks ... you bloody ripper. That's cheaper than two cartons of beer in Weipa ... plus they give you a free beer on board.

I guess I should take back every nasty, bitchy complaint I ever made about them.

Nah, stuff em.