Melbourne

I have a couple of laptops. One for work and one for personal use and don't want to carry it on me. Can I chuck them in the checked in baggage and be done with it? Is there any prohibition for that? If it helps, I am flying out of Melbourne Tullamarine on Hainan Airlines to Abu Dhabi - UAE with a stopover in Hainan (Haikou) - China.

Further updates as many have asked about battery size. One laptop is a MacBook Pro 14” and the other is a MacBook Air 13”. Both less than 100wh I would imagine. I might even have to carry a Lenovo Thinkpad that’s around 53Wh. I’m going with family so we have about 6 bags. I can spread the laptops across the bags. The reason don’t want to carry on with me is that we already have stuff that will reach allowable limits of 10kgs. Things like iPads and Switch. And basic stuff that we need to carry as a family. But if push came to shove I’ll just suck it up and carry on.

Cars are unsafe at any speed. Get them off our roads. Imagine if cyclists caused this much carnage.

I swear the last time I was in Melbourne in 2019, the trams let me tap on and off with a credit card. But they don't now in 2025. Am I imagining things, or did it go backwards?

Yarrabyte having a well earned sickie.

Are there any volunteer associations or local neighbourhood groups based in Melbourne or Victoria who have a presence on Lemmy? (I don't mean volunteer devs / admins / mods... I mean like sports clubs, conservation groups, community gardens, SES, foodbank, neighbourhood house, historical society etc.)

The PTV app now includes the new stations... and suggests you take the tram.

Yarrabyte's off on the grog again. Well it is Saturday I suppose.