Trip Report: QF BNE-CBR-BNE (pics)

[Brandon Giacomin]

Hi all, I was looking through my pics today and saw my pics from my trip to Canberra back in 07 and thought I would post a report.

September 30, 2007
Qantas
QF???
BNE-CBR
737-400
VH-TJR

Woke up early, and left for the airport at 8 for the the 10 o'clock departure but traffic was bad and the check-in line was huge, so I only just got on the plane in time. And we got to walk on the tarmac to the plane.

VH-TJR was going to take us to Canberra
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The view out my window
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Pushback, passing VH-TJS.
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A Virgin 738 taxiing, note the QF 744 in Qantas Hangar 3
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Passing the International terminal which was pretty quiet
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Air Pacific 767 touching down, sorry about the rubbish quality
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Take Off
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Beautiful view out my window
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[Brandon Giacomin]

Brisbane CBD
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Brisbane Airport
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Cruising somewhere over New South Wales
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Starting our descent into Canberra
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The view on approach into Canberra Airport
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[Brandon Giacomin]

Touchdown
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Taxiing back along the runway
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Canberra Airport terminal
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Stayed in Canberra from Sep 30 to Oct 5. I went to the Floraide, the War Memorial, Cockington Green Gardens, Questacon, Parliament House, Old Parliament House and the Royal Australian Mint.

October 5, 2007
Qantas
QF???
CBR-BNE
737-400
VH-TJF

Are flight left at 9 so we left the hotel at 7 and traffic and check-in was good so we got to the airport at 8. The previous day I got quite sick :( and I wasn't feeling that good the day we flew back aswell so I only got a few pics.

QF 737-400 VH-TJL
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Another QF 737-400
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And another QF 737-400 VH-TJF, which was to take me back to Brisbane
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We departed Canberra ontime and got to Brisbane ontime, got off the plane picked up our lugage went to long term parking, picked up the car and drove home.

Next Trip: Jan 10 BNE-PER, Jan 17 PER-BNE :D