April 10, 1912, Sydney.
After over a week of meticulous preparations and with permissions from the respective countries of every stop secured, Australasia's airship circumnavigation officially began.
News of Australasia's around-the-world trip on the airship quickly became a sensation, following the Balkan War, in Europe or even the whole world.
Regrettably, due to time constraints, European media was unable to reach Sydney before the airship's departure.
But they had other methods; they could get firsthand accounts of the airship by setting up camp at the stops before the airship's arrival.
Despite it being only eight in the morning, Sydney was already filled with crowds. This included major Australasian newspapers and media, curious local citizens, as well as Arthur and the Australasian Government.