Definitely don’t think I could deal with being on a plane for 12 hours—not even to see Aus.—longer for me—I’m on the east coast!
Right, you'd have to add on five hours plus lay-over time. That's a lot of traveling time to get somewhere!
I did talk to people who had been traveling 18 to 20 hours. I guess 12 hours actually wasn't too bad and I'd do it again to get to go back.