"Behind the scenes" at Sydney Airport

[DeSchmidt]

Hi all,

Is anyone aware of a "behind the scenes" experience at Sydney Airport for children? I understand that Airside Tarmac Tours are now gone but am looking for a suitable alternative for primary aged children that gives a taste of the various tasks involved in operation (baggage, security, etc).

Is this no longer even concievable in a post 9/11 world?

Many thanks

 

[drewbles]

Hi all,

Is anyone aware of a "behind the scenes" experience at Sydney Airport for children? I understand that Airside Tarmac Tours are now gone but am looking for a suitable alternative for primary aged children that gives a taste of the various tasks involved in operation (baggage, security, etc).

Is this no longer even concievable in a post 9/11 world?

Many thanks

Unfortunately there's nothing like that available at SYD no

 

[nlagalle]

Unfortunately there's nothing like that available at SYD no

I wonder if there is anything like that at MEL?

 

[Andyzx]

If they get on the Jnr Master Chef program they may have a behind the scenes view of the F Lounge kitchen and Alan's TV stardom :mrgreen:

 

[markis10]

I wonder if there is anything like that at MEL?

There is a tour for the schools of the QF Maintenance facility every week, in Sydney it may be possible to at least look at the museum, I would also approach the Bureau of Meteorology about getting a look at their weather station, the way observations and balloons are done would be of interest.

 

[grozzy]

About 20 years ago my scout group had an airline meal at Qantas Catering. You could enquire if they still do this as part of their training.

 

[medhead]

I when up the cairns tower with a scout group. So discussions later suggested that it was possible to call a tower direct to have a tour.

You could try calling Qantas Head Office to see if they can arrangement something. Other Qantas Contacts