Chapter 29Although not as severe as that which had pounded the coast up north, Armidale received its fair share of rain that night. Marlene and Mark were given a room above the restaurant’s premises in which they spent several uncomfortable hours; Mark sleeping on the settee and Marlene in the small bed. Since they were flying out in the morning, it made no sense to get their camping gear wet when it would be left in the Land rover, who knew for how long.
When their knapsacks were stowed away in the belly of the Cessna, they climbed aboard to find Jeff already talking on the radio to the control tower. Within minutes they were up and flying at low altitude. The storm had cleared away a path for them to reach their destination in the next three hours. Even though the view from the small a
