The ePassport queues at MEL appear to be fuxxored. Massive queues, almost no officials… poo.
Public holiday rates not enough to staff the joint adequately I suspect. (Cries internally in comparison to the efficiency of Changi.)
E: okay it looks like they’re in the middle of upgrading the gates and it’s progressing at q snails pace…
E2: I got in the one queue where the kiosk broke down lmao
E3: it’s broken down twice now and there is a constant stream of confused passengers who don’t know where they’re supposed to go
E4: the machines keep breaking down lmao this is the worst entry experience I’ve ever had in Australia 🥲
E5: nearly two hours 1 hr 45 mins after landing I’m finally on a cab out of this blasted airport. Gee it’s warm isn’t it? But infinitely better than the sauna of Singapore. I’m starving, will have to break out the instant noods when I get back…
It’s crazy how lucky I must have been when leaving and coming back through MEL for my last trip. Absolutely seamless experiences both ways for me, yet on other days things like this happen.
Honestly, most times I’ve had a seamless experience, leaving was a breeze. Today was just a coordinated clusterfuck. several swears were let loose when the smart Gates repeatedly broke down for no reason. I think a whole heap of people all arriving at once including a huge plane from Indonesia didn’t help. They do make you declare if you’ve been in Indonesia in the last 7 days and sometimes computer does not like that and has a tanty.
The ePassport queues at MEL appear to be fuxxored. Massive queues, almost no officials… poo.
Public holiday rates not enough to staff the joint adequately I suspect. (Cries internally in comparison to the efficiency of Changi.)
E: okay it looks like they’re in the middle of upgrading the gates and it’s progressing at q snails pace…
E2: I got in the one queue where the kiosk broke down lmao
E3: it’s broken down twice now and there is a constant stream of confused passengers who don’t know where they’re supposed to go
E4: the machines keep breaking down lmao this is the worst entry experience I’ve ever had in Australia 🥲
E5: nearly
two hours1 hr 45 mins after landing I’m finally on a cab out of this blasted airport. Gee it’s warm isn’t it? But infinitely better than the sauna of Singapore. I’m starving, will have to break out the instant noods when I get back…It’s crazy how lucky I must have been when leaving and coming back through MEL for my last trip. Absolutely seamless experiences both ways for me, yet on other days things like this happen.
Welcome back to the country though!
Honestly, most times I’ve had a seamless experience, leaving was a breeze. Today was just a coordinated clusterfuck. several swears were let loose when the smart Gates repeatedly broke down for no reason. I think a whole heap of people all arriving at once including a huge plane from Indonesia didn’t help. They do make you declare if you’ve been in Indonesia in the last 7 days and sometimes computer does not like that and has a tanty.
Yea coming back from Indo a few months ago they (at MEL) really hounded everyone if they’d been on a farm. FMD I think was the thing.
Welcome back!
And somehow for us, despite declaring we’ve been to farmland, we’ve brought meds and all, we got directed straight to the exit.
welcome back 😊