Sydney stop-over - heading in the wrong direction

Who would have thought it was both simpler and easier to fly east on a Boeing 767 from Perth to Sydney. Then boarding the west bound flight from Sydney to Dubai with an Emirates/Qantas A380 code-share flight - economies of mass, I suppose. This will be my first time on the big airbus, I imagine it will be quite an experience, I have seen them from afar, at Singapore Changi airport, the twin level boarding lounge, now I will be getting my first chance to see this state of the art aircraft in flight.

Arriving at Sydney domestic terminal at 8.30 pm, the place seemed ok. After catching a bus to the international terminal, the place was closed down and shut up by 9 pm on a Saturday night. We were actually kicked out of the building at 11 pm and had to sleep in a secured room outside of the main terminal. This is Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales, the highest populated city in the country and we were shut out by some over zealous security guards flexing their new found authority - not the image Sydney would want to portray.

Even Perth airport is run better than this, who would have guessed.