07 Arrivals are reasonably common in the warmer months with a sea breeze active however ATC prefer to nominate 34 parallel operations in busier periods as it doubles the capacity. This simply means a crosswind landing, which is preferable to the usual 07 arrival. A summertime 07 approach has a tailwind (prevailing westerly) all the way down final until just below 1000' when you hit the sea breeze and encounter turbulence and overshoot shear. Care must be taken to be sure to meet all the stable approach criteria.
I landed on 07 twice over the recent weekend. The last time I departed RWY 07 at Sydney was Jan 2007. (Incidentally I landed on RWY 09 at Melbourne earlier this year for the first time despite the fact that I have been operating regularly into that airport since 1999.)
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