Peter & I arrived at Armidale airport to find out the plane was overbooked, due to an earlier flight being cancelled. We were asked if we would be willing to get a taxi to Tamworth & catch a flight nearly 4 hrs later. As we aren't due to fly out of Syd until 9.45 pm we agreed. I was hopeful that we might even get an upgrade for being so agreeable but it's not looking good. We actually had a very enjoyable trip with Alex, the taxi driver, and Helen from Canberra. We chattered all the way.  I couldn't believe how dry (brown) it is around Tamworth - a lot worse than the Armidale area.