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Old 2nd March 2018, 05:09 PM
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Did Qantas get it right ? - They steered away from the all over livery designs of Nalanji and Wunala Dreaming, and came up with a fresh approach, which is a good compromise of Indigenous Art and Branding - It looks impressive on the Apron - It's a Thumbs Up from me. By the way, there are 5,000 dots.











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Superb photos Grahame. Thanks for posting for those not able to get to Sydney Airport.
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Old 2nd March 2018, 07:55 PM
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Thanks for sharing your photos, Grahame. The tail colour is a much deeper red, when compared with the tail colour of the 738, also in the new livery, in the background of your second last shot.
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Nice shots, the cloud cleared for a blue skies arrival.

Was there a press release with the number of dots ?
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Old 2nd March 2018, 09:39 PM
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There are 5,000 Dots apparently, but it's not easy to actually confirm that.

The sun was popping in and out of the clouds while it was making its approach, the last two shots probably had the best all over illumination.

It could prove somewhat difficult to get shots with the design brightly lit, without blowing out the white at the nose - time will tell.

It's on MEL-SYD Domestic services for a couple of weeks, so there is plenty of time to get out for a shot, before it starts International services from its Melbourne Base.
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Was there a press release with the number of dots?
Yes Greg. Today's QANTAS press release stated that there are close to 5,000 dots on the aircraft.
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If anyone wants a photo opportunity, ZND is on descent into Sydney now operating QF422 from Melbourne.
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And if you missed it, bad luck. It just departed.
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Today's visit by "Emily" VH-ZND











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Where did you take those shots from on the delivery flight Grahame?
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