Ok I have fell so far behind with my original photoblog that I am starting a new one from 1st Jan 2010, I still indent to get my other one upto date eventually and hopefully |I will find time to keep this one more uptodate!
On New Years Eve 2009 I went on an Antarctic Sightseeing flight from Melbourne onboard a Qantas Airbus A380.
About 3 hours into the flight excitement rose as we saw the first icebergs, an hour later we were over the continent of Antarctica and descended to 10000ft which was just 2000ft above some of the mountains, The scenery was just stunning.
Then at Midnight was the big moment of celebrating new year and indeed a new decade with a glass of champagne while dancing in the aisles of the worlds biggest plane over with Antarctica shining brightly in the midnight sun just below while the band on board played Old Lang Syne it was just incredible the most amazing new year ever!
From young to old (I was sitting next to a lively 85 year old for half the flight) everyone had an amazing time. After 4 hours of flying over Antarctica it was time to leave the frozen world and head back to Melbourne, once we landed there had 90 mins or so before carrying onto Sydney and I got a chance to have a good walk around the plane including the cockpit!
Then it was time for a short 1-hour flight from Melbourne to Sydney with probably less than 100 passengers left onboard such a huge plane it felt more like a private jet and what an impressive takeoff as an aircraft designed to fly full for upto 15 hours was so light that we climbed like a rocket!
I had flown into Sydney airport twice before and both times had approached from the opposite end to the famous bridge & opera house so I was hoping it to be 3rd time lucky and get a stunning view of Sydney as we came in but alas the winds were wrong yet again and we approached from the opposite end once again, oh well I got enough stunning views on this flight so the Sydney view will have to wait!
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