The Greste family spent 400 days fighting for their son's freedom. In the end it came so fast it made their heads spin.
But exactly when the Al Jazeera journalist will be back on Australian soil remains unclear, as his family closes ranks around him to protect his mental health.
They say he'll need time in his safe haven of Cyprus, to digest the fact he's finally free after more than a year in an Egyptian jail.
Lois, father Juris, and brother Andrew laughed and at times blinked back tears as they spoke of the extraordinary international campaign to free Peter and two of his Al Jazeera colleagues following their arrest in December 2013.
They said Peter wanted to thank everyday Australians, journalists world wide, and leaders including US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Tony Abbott for fighting to free him from his seven-year jail term.
There was special thanks too for Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, but the highest praise was reserved for diplomats, particularly those on the ground in Cairo, who did the leg work.
"While we're in knighthood mode, I would commend them and recommend them for a collective knighthood, one and all," Juris told reporters.
The family's euphoria has been tempered by the fact Peter's colleagues - Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and producer Baher Mohamed, who is Egyptian - remain locked up on charges described as politically motivated.
I hope his colleagues will be released soon.
