Leg 181, Dunk Island, Great Barrier Reef to Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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I don’t know what’s up with the weather in Australia, visited the sunshine coast in the pouring rain. I was flying between the buildings at the Gold coast to get some decent visibility. Forecast for Saturday (they’re a day ahead compared to me) is cloudy and more rain.
It doesn’t make airport hopping any less fun. More actually, dipping through the clouds, anxiously waiting for the ground to show up while hoping you guessed the approach somewhat right.
02-18 Dunk Island YDKI 4:00 PM
02-18 Ingham YIGM 4:26 PM
02-18 Palm Island YPAM 4:43 PM
02-18 Townsville International YBTL 5:01 PM
02-18 Bohle Plains YBOH 5:13 PM
02-18 Donnington Airpark YDOP 5:18 PM
02-18 Ayr YAYR 5:34 PM
02-18 Bowen YBWN 5:58 PM
02-18 Hideaway Bay YHAB 6:09 PM
02-18 Shute Harbour YSHR 6:23 PM
02-18 Hamilton I YBHM 6:34 PM
02-18 Lindeman Island YLIN 6:41 PM
02-18 Mackay YBMK 7:02 PM
02-18 Palmyra Airstrip YPYA 7:08 PM
02-18 Sarina YSAB 7:38 PM
02-18 Hollins Bay YHOY 7:54 PM
02-18 Williamson YWIS 8:04 PM
02-18 Rockhampton YBRK 8:28 PM
02-18 Emu Park YEMP 8:40 PM
02-18 Great Keppel Is YGKL 8:47 PM
02-18 Gladstone YGLA 9:07 PM
02-18 Agnes Water YAWT 9:26 PM
02-18 Bundaberg YBUD 9:47 PM
02-18 Pacific Haven YPAC 9:59 PM
02-18 Hervey Bay YHBA 10:09 PM
02-18 Urangan YURA 10:17 PM
02-18 Toby’s Gap Airstrip YRAI 10:27 PM
02-18 Cooloola Village Airpark YCXA 10:39 PM
02-18 Gympie YGYM 10:52 PM
02-18 Noosa YNSH 11:03 PM
02-18 Maroochydore/Sun shine Coast YBSU 11:12 PM
02-18 Caloundra YCDR 11:21 PM
02-18 Caboolture YCAU 11:31 PM
02-18 Tangalooma YTGA 11:44 PM
02-18 Kooringal Airstrip YWEI 11:54 PM
02-19 Brisbane Intl YBBN 12:03 AM
02-19 Archerfield YBAF 12:14 AM
02-19 Logan Reserve LGRS 12:23 AM
02-19 Heck Field YHEC 12:32 AM
02-19 Southport YSPT 12:41 AM Gold coast 27°57’6"S, 153°25’52"E
02-19 Gold Coast YBCG 1:02 AM PG Area
Flight time 9:02 40 stops
Dunk Island departure, still raining
Visiting Otter Reef, just to confirm water masks are still missing here
The data is on Bing maps (right), it’s just a matter of getting proper water masks down under
Palm Islands next to the Great Barrier Reef
Great Palm Island Airport
On a better day you can spot whales here
Magnetic island, named by captain Cook for its (later not reproduced) effect on his ship’s compass
Townsville in northeastern Queensland
Strand Park on the left and a shot of the coral reefs around Magnetic Island
Burdekin River surrounding Peters Island
Between Guthalungra and Camp Reef
Stone Island off the coast of Bowen
Hideaway Bay, population 205
Airlie, looks to be a port town for cruise ships
Hamilton Island
Whitehaven Beach in Whitsunday Islands National Park just North of here
Kelvin National Park back on the mainland
West Hill State Forest
Waverley Creek, rivers run dry, creeks are over 400 meters wide!
Williamson Airport
Milman, Queensland 4702
Rockhampton
Emu Park on the Capricorn coast
Singing ship monument, makes music in the wind
The Keppels
A group of islands in the Coral Sea near the southern end of the Great Barrier reef
Big Woody island with Harvey Bay in the background
It’s getting gnarly again, Caloundra Airport
Kooringal Airstrip
Brisbane, capital of Queensland
Build around the Brisbane river and Moreton Bay
Story Bridge, opened 1940, named after John Douglas Story (1869-1966)
Brisbane city hall, build from 1917 to 1930
View Kangeroo Points Cliff Park, Wheel of Brisbane and Roma Street Parkland
Forest lake, one of the sprawling suburbs of Brisbane
The Spit Gold Coast, start of a sandy strip with a beach
Sea world along the beach
Southport Spit coming up on Macintosh Island
Right over Main Beach Tourist Park
Macintosh Island Park and Grand Mariner Residential Resort
Hilton Surfers Paradise Hotel & Residences
Hotel Grand Chancellor
Burley Waters
And final stop today, Gold Coast Airport
Pretty good photogrammetry area. Hopefully the weather will cooperate a bit more for the next one at Newcastle.