Sydney > Cairns QF922

friends Qantas link is a more regional version of Qantas network take off, Botany Bay and Brighton-Le- Sands Dolls Point beach ( which has a novelty left hander once in a blue moon – need big big east swell ) Carters Island with Towra Spit Beach, looking up the Georges river with the Captain Cook and Tom Uglys bridges The ‘nulla, and pretty flat today, not even a ripple at Cronulla Point today, and then South Sydney National Park beyond the ‘nulla never flown this close over Cronulla before, special treat Gunnamatta Bay behind Cronulla and then up Port Hacking The walking tracks in South Sydney NAtional park, the coastal one which is awesome for Whale watching , did the walk with Belle & India about 5 years ago, check the post here Can see Wedding cake rock near Marley beach banking over Marley as we were heading south, but really are going North, really north Port Hacking and Port Botany, with Sydney Harbour beyond that and then the north side  great to see the shire from this angle for once Sydney Airport and next to it Port of Botany The size of the aiport compared to the size of Sydney CBD, didn’t realise how big it was Sydney and its southern suburbs, dense can see the difference between it and the north side Sydney Harbour Sydney Olympic park North shore, northern beaches and then the central coast Sackville, Hawkesbury river I believe that is to be the site of a new wave pool, right there in Sackville just of the river The snaking Hawkesbury River, with Wisemans at the top. Who remembers Ming Darcy’s Happy Valley party, was around here somewhere McDonald River , Yengo National Park and as we slowly fly inland, away from the coastline, before she disappears on the horizon, last look with the Stockton sand dunesother side of Yengo National Park Denham and Martindale with the Singleton and Muswellbrook mines in the middle ( hard to visualise through the haze )Near Caroona and the Mooki River causing problems Town of Curlewis at the top and Lake Goran at the bottom, and yes, crossing of Lake Corran road is flooded even though no rain clouds in sight, there are several bad flood situations at play today in all these outer west NSW regions The town of Gunnedah with the Namoi river causing some problems as wellstrange, even the google maps satellite view has the streets floodedWhitehaven coal mine next to Tarrawonga coal mine,  Namoi river, just below the coalmine, at the town of Boggabri causing problems, and then you think about the issues of climate change and the correlation of the burning of fossil fuel….the effects of it visible here near the coal mineMoree, also on a flood alert today Looking towards the Queensland border Moree Plains and we crossed over into Queensland, Bungunya Noorindoo the town of Surat on the Balonne River Brindley PArk Feedlot  in the center ( think mass produced cattle farm ) some type of water plant or aquaculture there in the middle Hallet State Forest and that looks bad, dotted everywhere, fracking Arcadia valley Lake Nuga Nuga interesting looking at Bandana State forest and Bullaroo creek, just of Carnarvon Highway Nuga Nuga National park and lake Farmland near Consuelo Orion to the left Albinia in the middle Mount pleasant state forest on the bottom Rolleston mine, Albinia Togara Lake Maraboon and Emerald City near lake Maraboon we’re not alone Brisbane > Singapore flight Capella Fertile looking land out near Lowestoff Peak Range national park in the middle Burdekin River Burdekin joined by Bowen river Burdekin snaking to the Ocean near Ayr lots of farm fields here Jerona and Russel Island Cape Cleveland and Nome Magnetic Island of Townsville Magnetic Island, and military antenna in the center circle area Cockle Bay Reef off Magnetic island Palm Island ( and Barrier reef beyond it ) Palm and Eclipse Island Orpheus, Fantome, Curacoa and Palm Islands on top , Britomart reef, Walker, Trunk , Bramble and Rib reefs, on the bottom Pelorus and Orpheus Islands Britomart, Walker, Trunk , Bramble reefsZoe bay on Hinchinbrook Island Ramsay beach , Hinchinbrook Island Zoe Bay looking towards Britomart, Walker, Trunk , Bramble reefsBack of Ramsay beach on Hinchinbrook Island and Brook Island on top Mission beach and tip of Dunk Island Kurrimine Beach National Park and Cowley beach Baron River banking around to head south again now for landing at Cairns, Borderline Beach and Double Island Ellis Beach and you can see the netted of area for swimming, and that’s not for the sharks, but the deadly stingers coming into land Palm Cove Cairns Palm Cove jetty and another netted of area fro swimming Trinity Park, Cairns touch of Hawaii about it landed