Damien,
You did the right thing by trying to get official permission, I think I certainly misunderstood what was meant by the letter, I'm glad you cleared up, unfortunately when you write to official bodies sometimes you get official replies as Craig said you probably just got a standard response.
But I do stress that you did the right thing, unfortunately the concept is unknown here in Sydney, but at airports around the world like MCO or CDG if you write in advance you will be issued with a pass which will let security know what you are doing, they may still approach you, but once you show this official pass you will be OK.
Here in Sydney to be fair if you do the right thing and stay about 3 meters back from the fence you will rarely be hassled, our hobby seems to be understood better here than in a lot of other places around the world.
When you come down the locals will show you exactly where to take the best photos at what time of the day.
Good luck.
Morris
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