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Tigerair BNE-CNS-BNE
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Well I’m bored, so I figured I’d do a trip report for my Cairns holiday in mid-October. I had a $100 voucher for Tigerair, because I signed up for their “In-frequent flyer program”. It’s basically just something you sign up for and you are the first to know about sales. It was free to sign up for and as I was amongst the first lot of people to sign up, so I got a $100 flight voucher! I certainly wasn’t complaining! Tiger ended up giving away a few 1000 of these vouchers. Pretty awesome thing to do! Brisbane is now a base for Tigerair. They operate flights from Brisbane to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Darwin and Cairns. I had wanted to go to Cairns for a while to go spotting, so this was the perfect opportunity. The $100 voucher covered most of the airfares; I think I paid something like $50. Brisbane Airport: Since the trip was 2 months ago I have forgotten a few of the details. I had checked in online, so I just had to drop off the bag. Departure was around midday, before the flight I had a walk around the terminal. VH-EBC flying for Qantas again! https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5606/...4276141b1f.jpg Today I would be flying on VH-VNF for the third time! October 13, 2014 Tigerair Australia TT486 BNE-CNS VH-VNF A320 Seat 26A We took off on RWY01 and were soon treated to some lovely views of the coastline. https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5602/...5e20d1a2cf.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5616/...4f251dc275.jpg En-route to Cairns https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7581/...3a2454d555.jpg Nothing to mention about the flight really. I spent most of the time on my tablet and enjoying the view outside. I didn’t buy anything to eat. Descending into Cairns https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7493/...915834190c.jpg On finals for RWY33 https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3949/...5f9dfa913e.jpg Belfast and DC-3 at Cairns https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8599/...69a9a480e8.jpg VNF parked at CNS https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7558/...8715575011.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7483/...d11177f15a.jpg Cairns Airport: After a good flight I picked up my bag and caught a taxi to the Colonial Club Resort, where I would be staying for 4 nights. I just relaxed at the resort for the rest of the day. Tuesday, 14 October: I spent the whole day spotting. I walked from the resort to the lookout which took about 45 minutes. I was going to catch a cab, but it wasn’t too hot so I figured I’d be alright. I didn’t go up the red arrow trail as I had heard that it is a real hike! So I just went to a lookout I had heard about. It’s about a 10 minute hike from the bottom to the lookout. VH-VKF arriving from Melbourne https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7472/...a415d2cc35.jpg Great view! https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7507/...eb8aac741e.jpg JQ A320s arriving https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3945/...e26f4fa2e5.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7493/...a9dbd7b904.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7468/...a3be49fa0d.jpg Jetstar Dreamliner’s departing to Japan https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3939/...2c95e97717.jpg |
Qantas 767 departing
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7538/...c35703fee7.jpg Cathay Pacific A333 departure https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3945/...627b8cd1a3.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3954/...6109f625e8.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5608/...b033032ae5.jpg Nice Chinook dropped by! https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3942/...847b9c33b7.jpg Jetstar 787 departure https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7562/...86562a5728.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7570/...d61645eb61.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3948/...6eac6d6c8a.jpg Air North E170 departing for Darwin via Gove https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5609/...746f1a23d8.jpg Air Niugini Dash 8’s https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7522/...398bf3a6e5.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7555/...5fe8af62e7.jpg Thursday, 16 October: I did a full day tour to Green Island. Photos from the day can be found here. https://www.flickr.com/photos/brando...57649033793401 Friday, 17 October: Unfortunately it was time to head home after a fantastic little getaway. I just browsed around the terminal before boarding the flight home. Unfortunately there are no windows in the terminal!! So no spotting. VNK would be taking me home, first time on her. October 17, 2014 Tigerair Australia TT491 CNS-BNE VH-VNK A320 Seat 18A Ready to depart off RWY15 https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3956/...a249aee311.jpg Rolling on RWY15 https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3952/...56da1c756f.jpg The standard left turn after taking off on 15 https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7544/...8392d0fb16.jpg Nice overview of the airport https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3952/...50c3285f22.jpg |
En-route to Brisbane
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5598/...033b057a3e.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3940/...5de505210a.jpg Nothing really to report from the flight, just the usual. Descending into Brisbane https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7532/...0c980b26f6.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7573/...435bd22536.jpg Brisbane City and the airport in the distance https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7484/...c294b6811c.jpg On finals for RWY01 https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3937/...a338520a54.jpg Taxiing to the terminal after landing on RWY01 https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7503/...56ecd2dcb6.jpg Conclusion: I had a great time in Cairns. Spotting was fantastic. Cairns Airport has some great locations and it was nice to see some special charters! The flights with Tiger were fine as usual. Overall, it was a fantastic trip! Thanks for reading :) Brandon |
Thanks for sharing Brandon, some great shots from the lookout, and not a bad range of aircraft types.
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Good one Brandon!
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Cool story bro :D
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Of course this is only good for photos in the morning and there might be some issues with heat haze off the roof, but it's better than nothing. |
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Here are amazing photos, especially from the sky.
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