Melbourne Airport
With four hours turning to five we were in no rush to do much at Melbourne, we looked around T1 before checking in at T2 and then heading over to a quiet corner of T3 where we could watch the planes. Eventually we decided that it was time to go through Customs and over to our gate.
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International Departures
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Jetstar desks
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from T3, it's the white E190 VH-ZPR
Customs was relativity easy to get through as we were able to use the domestic express lane. Once though all this we went over to our gate to find no aircraft, so we went to look around the terminal.
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Up close with VH-OQD
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Two of many vehicles assisting in it's preparation for QF009 to Singapore and London.
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From the side
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Two part rudder, never seen this before.
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Malaysian and China Southern getting prepped for departure
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Singapore 777 getting prepped
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New part of Melbourne's terminal.
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FIDS
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Hey look, it's our plane...oh wait it's going to the domestic terminal.
The terminal itself was clean however it was rather hot and lacked ventilation making the wait rather uncomfortable.