Brandon Giacomin
13th December 2014, 06:55 PM
Introduction:
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/5606/15642385986_4276141b1f.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pQgjo7)
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/5602/15666126845_5e20d1a2cf.jpg
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5616/15480151477_4f251dc275.jpg
En-route to Cairns
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7581/15479953868_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/7493/15479466199_915834190c.jpg
On finals for RWY33
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3949/15479465779_5f9dfa913e.jpg
Belfast and DC-3 at Cairns
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8599/15045368834_69a9a480e8.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oVvrYW)
VNF parked at CNS
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7558/15666935682_8715575011.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pSr99J)
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7483/15642374926_d11177f15a.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pQgg6q)
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/7472/15670749065_a415d2cc35.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pSLFJH)
Great view!
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7507/15050777794_eb8aac741e.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oVZaSS)
JQ A320s arriving
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3945/15051374263_e26f4fa2e5.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oW3ebP)
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7493/15485926430_a9dbd7b904.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pArqpy)
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7468/15484854559_a3be49fa0d.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pAkVM2)
Jetstar Dreamliner’s departing to Japan
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3939/15485337248_2c95e97717.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pAopgf)
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/5606/15642385986_4276141b1f.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pQgjo7)
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/5602/15666126845_5e20d1a2cf.jpg
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5616/15480151477_4f251dc275.jpg
En-route to Cairns
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7581/15479953868_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/7493/15479466199_915834190c.jpg
On finals for RWY33
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3949/15479465779_5f9dfa913e.jpg
Belfast and DC-3 at Cairns
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8599/15045368834_69a9a480e8.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oVvrYW)
VNF parked at CNS
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7558/15666935682_8715575011.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pSr99J)
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7483/15642374926_d11177f15a.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pQgg6q)
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/7472/15670749065_a415d2cc35.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pSLFJH)
Great view!
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7507/15050777794_eb8aac741e.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oVZaSS)
JQ A320s arriving
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3945/15051374263_e26f4fa2e5.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oW3ebP)
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7493/15485926430_a9dbd7b904.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pArqpy)
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7468/15484854559_a3be49fa0d.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pAkVM2)
Jetstar Dreamliner’s departing to Japan
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3939/15485337248_2c95e97717.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pAopgf)