Despite a few close calls we arrived safely in Perth Australia.  We almost lost Amy in LA due to a misspelling of her name on her Australian visa (apparently, there is no space between the Mc and the Intosh). And there was a "small bit of smoke" on the plane has we crossed the Pacific. Basically it only affected the electronics to the passengers.  They Australians all seemed very cheerful about it and we got to Brisbane safely.  We want to send Melody a special thanks for the Economy Plus seats, those were clutch for the 24 hours worth of traveling these past 2 days (its strange math).  More to come, but we are excited to start our adventure.