I missed the wave good bye, was too busy paying attention to the safety instructions ( no one else was and always feel so bad for the cabin crew when the announcement asks you to pay attention and everyone is too busy on their phone, so I make a habit of it now to put my phone down and even though I have seen it hundred times, I give them my full attention) gate 19 take off, Grain corp logistix on the Brisbane river Brisbane river Manly Marina Wellington point Tingalpa Reservoir Power lines cutting through Venman Bushland National Park and past the Alluvial workings Chung Tian Chinese School Gold Coast on the horizon, and Tweed heads in the distance Lamington and Mt Warning lush landscape, the foothills of the ancient Tweed volcano full moon Kyogle clouds for the rest of the east coast journey unmistakable Stockton sand dunes Hunter rivers at Newcastle clouds catching last light of Newcastle Branxton and Rothbury Novacastrian coastline and CessnockCessnock, where the sign says " mines, wines and people " no kidding Lake Macquarie And back to Stockton Millfield, Paxton and Ellalong Tuggerah Lake Watagan Tuggerah Mangrove Creek damfull moon Gosford Palm Beach, Lion Island, Patonga, Dangar Island, Spectacle Island Mooney Mooney Coba Point, accesible only by boat and a great place to spend a week end Cottage Point Broken Bay Scotland Island North Turramurra, why you would want to live there in this amazing bushland, but knock out all the trees and rub shoulders with your neighbours I will never understand, disgusting. Just about built on top of each other, no privacy, no trees Long Reef, Dee WhyDee Why, Brookvale, Warringah Mall Harbord, Queenscliff Curl Curl, Harbord South Manly out to the ocean another plane and then when we finally turn and I get western vision boom colours so pretty looking south, south west South Sydney National park Garie Beach in the middle I'm guessing Port Hacking and Cronulla Voodoos and Wanda Boat Harbour guess there's no night filming at Mad Max movie set tonight sand mining ( stop it already ) Kurnell landed