Carol, I've just spoken on the telephone to the staff at Cairns Airport. The left-luggage is run by the Secure Parking firm at the airport and they have two options. One is stand alone lockers - however, they are basically only for luggage being left for 24 hours. The lovely man, Darren, told me that a far better option would be for the cases to be left in their Secure Storage room at the airport, which is literally just a few steps away from the luggage carousel. The cost depends on what is being left - A$10 per day for a bag the size of a carryon bag and A$15 per day for a suitcase. It doesn't make any difference what weight the bag is...it's more the size. For a three week storage, there would be a discount of 10% on the total bill.
As I've indicated to you privately, I thought that a 10 kg luggage limit within Australia sounds extremely low, and Darren agreed. He'd be surprised if it wasn't more, in fact he thought it was around 20 kgs, so let me know the airline and I'll double-check with them direct. There's no need to book the storage at Cairns - just rock on up. Darren also wondered if they'd prefer to cram everything into a bigger case to take on their travels with them so that only a smaller bag would be stored....his exact expression was "they might prefer to leave the lace...."! He was quite intrigued when I explained the path which led to my query! And Maureen, Corinne and Alex - yes, I've been chatting up a man again! (Word of explanation to the rest of you - these three were teasing me on my recent trip home to England that I found a different man to talk to every day of my travels.) Ruth Budge Sydney, Australia. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 22 October 2014 1:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [lace] Help from Australian Spiders, Please! Hi Aussie Arachnids All, I am hoping you can give me some advice. My son-in-law, grandson and grandson's friend are travelling by Malaysia Airlines to Cairns next week (29th Oct, I believe) and the baggage allowance is 25kg on the international flight. However, they will be travelling around, and it would appear that the baggage allowance on internal flights is 10kg. Could anyone tell me if there are luggage lockers in Cairns airport, where they could leave stuff, until they return to collect it - possibly up to three weeks later. I am very envious - especially as they are going to visit the Wave Rock! (The next bit could be the lace related bit!) I have told them all to look out for any lace-related anything, and have told them about Torchon House, and am hoping that they will be able to find it! Not only that, but that they have enough spare cash to donate to this worthy cause here in the UK. I have one of their delightful tiny bobbin winders which has proved invaluable on courses and in class. Thanks anyway for any help you can give - I will forward any messages on to them. Yours with best wishes, and may your pins never bend. Carol - in North Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
