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as said in the Singapore-topic, work saw me needed to go to Sydney. My first time to Australia and as it's a long way to fly in economy, I had some jetlag recovery-time for sightseeing and spotting. I also added an extra day after my workweek.
Anyway, on to the planes. Sydney is, of course, home to the Australian airlines like Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia. But you can also spot quite a few aircraft from smaller airlines like REX and Link Airways. International visitors are also quite good, with regular appearances from airlines like Bamboo Airways, Cebu Pacific, Aircalin, Fiji Airways, Malaysia Airlines etc.
In the morning, I spotted at a location called Shep's Mound and in the afternoon near the beach. For lenses I would recommend at least a 200-300 mm lense and be aware that heatwaves can be a thing, even during my visit when it was like 18 degrees celcius.
Should you plan to visit Sydney, you'll have enough after 2-3 days, after which things become repetitive and you'll see the same airframes again.
Enough with the talking, time for the shots!
1. Link Airways is a domestic airline, operating the Metroliner and the Saab 340 like this VH-VEA:
S340-LNK-VHVEA-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr2. REX Airlines is another one and currently the world's largest Saab 340-operator, with a fleet of 58, including this VH-ZXS:
S340-REX-VHZXS-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr3. Based at Sydney is the NSW Ambulance, which uses a fleet of Beech 350Cs, like this VH-AMQ, that are operated by Pel-Air.
B350-NSW-VHAMQ-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr4. You can, of course, get up-to-date on your Qantas B737-800-fleet, like this VH-VZB:
B738-QFA-VHVZB-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr5. Or with the many B737-800s of Virgin Australia:
B738-VGA-VHYFZ-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr6. And Jetstar A320s:
A320-JET-VHVQQ-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr7. QantasLink is active from Sydney with DHC-8-400s, -300s and -200s like this VH-TQG:
DHC82-QFL-VHTQG-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr8. There's also quite a bit of bizjet movements, including of course, Australian registered aircraft like this VH-RIU:
125-PVT-VHRIU-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr9. QantasLink also operates the B717-200, like this VH-NXJ:
B712-QFL-VHNXJ-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr10. Since early 2021, REX also operates the B737-800, of which they now have 7 including this VH-REX:
B738-REX-VHREX-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr11. Air New Zealand is flying to Sydney with all their jet-aircraft types, like the A320neo, A321neo, B777-300ER and B787-9:
A320N-ANZ-ZKNHE-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr12. AirAsiaX is a regular visitor but I always saw this A330-300 9M-XXZ:
A333-ASX-9MXXZ-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr13. Doesn't get more exotic with this Air Vanuatu B737-800 YJ-AV8:
B738-VAN-YJAV8-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr14. This Global 7500 PP-BFB is only 3 months old:
BD700-PVT-PPBFB-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr15. Fantastic livery on this Aircalin A330-900N F-ONEO:
A339-ACL-FONEO-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr16. Fiji Airways can be seen with the A350 and the B737-8 like this DQ-FAB:
B738M-FJI-DQFAB-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr17. Also nice to spot this special liveried Malaysia Airlines A330-300 9M-MTG:
A333-MAS-9MMTG-SYD16sep22 by Anton Homma, on FlickrMore to come in this topic soon!
Cheers
