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Outstanding report - many thanks - super useful.

Downsizing planes for "operational" (i.e. financial) reasons, downgrading multiple J passengers - QF sounding more and more like Jetstar.

I had to take this flight, in reverse - SYD-CBR, on 12 October as the final leg of a PER-CBR trip. I sat in the same seat as Matt, 6A. Very cramped for me (185 cm). Horrific turbulence approaching CBR - the plane was all over the sky for about 10 minutes. In future I'll try to route via MEL to...

Tina Arena or Tina Turner? :)

The bread looks like Sonoma (also in Braddon).

Decades ago, backpacking in Nepal . . . took a twin-engine plane (Otter?) from Pokhara to Kathmandu to avoid a repeat of the hair-raising bus trip from the capital. Stuck on the tarmac (well, grass) while mechanics attempted to stem the flow of black oil spewing from the starboard engine...

Just not fair!!

Goosebumps just reading this!! Mt Ainslie here I come . . .

My mistake - was looking at Arrivals after refreshing screen; Departures actually shows scheduled ETD 12:00 but estimated ETD 11:30, i.e. early!!

OMG that's confusing!!

CBR airport now showing ETD 13:15 _ I want to time my drive to Mt Ainslie to watch from there; anyone can confirm 13:15 hrs ETD?

Remember when Hawkey said pilots were "just glorified bus drivers"?

Great shots.

Went up in one of those funicular cars in '73; I remember there was a very ornate Hindu temple at the top.

In/near Durbar Square, Kathmandu? I did the same trip, same year, except starting from Canberra.

All of the above.

Indonesia departure tax is included in ticket prices nowadays, not charged separately to pax at departure airport.

Or indeed, when the Beatles wanted to do it in the road! And fond memories of the wonderful Chrissy A.

I well remember seeing the aurora (australis) one night while our small group of greenies was sneaking through the bush near the Gordon River en route to a planned "no dams" mega-demo, would have been in March 1983. Blew my mind.

Weather should be hot and humid - awful. I wonder why the IOC picked that time of year.