Results had you down as 1hr 17mins for the relay, was that wrong?
Yes - as noted already on tRicky's log, Nic Cherry was masquerading as me and I was filling in for David Brownridge, who in turn was filling in for Bryan (injured).
It's extra confusing that in the results there are 2 full Vic teams with full results and no incomplete 3rd team with incomplete times. Vic 2 seems to have ceased to exist - was this the team you eventually ran in?
We returned Perth-Dubai-Boston on Emirates with the route going more direct over Iran, Turkey, through to UK, Ireland. Iran is impressively barren and mountainous. You can also do a one stop via Hong Kong on Cathay to NY though not sure about HK these days.