[Freedom Fox out of Home Base (FFOX) - MSFS]

Very cool, John !!

[Visiting Hamilton Island]

21 hours ago, BradB said:

Ahoy matey , permission to come aboard ………

Hopp aboard John. What would a cruise be without taking along friends  

 

21 hours ago, Stillwater said:

Travelling in style, bernd, and you show us what a good landing looks like.

Convincing details of the bars at Hamilton Island...

Plus: You have a good water setting!

Thanks a lot, Gerold. The water settings can be manipulated in the sim, a feature I like very much, as it makes it more life-like 

 

15 hours ago, Sniper31 said:

A nice set of different perspectives than the norm Bernd. With that ship I would have expected you to go searching for Kong Island  Still, you managed a nice relaxing looking evening in port  

 

Landon

Hahaha, great idea, Landon! But Kong Island might be difficult to locate I'm afraid. Some place it off the coast of Periuk in Indonesia, others see it as an island around Hawaii and then there is also the possibility to have it south of the equator, off the Pacific coast of South America 

 

29 minutes ago, adambar said:

Great way to travel and see things from a different perspective, great job Bernd! 

Many thanks, Adam

 

 

[Hamilton Island to Rockhampton]

15 hours ago, Caluma65 said:

Really cracking set of shots!  Cheers,

 

Calum

Many thanks, Calum

 

15 hours ago, Sniper31 said:

Wow Bernd, a whole slew of colorful, shots here showing all kinds of varied scenery. I really like the selection of places you flew over and grabbed screenshots of. They came out great!

 

Landon

I'm happy you like them, Landon

 

14 hours ago, BradB said:

MSFS and OZ , a marriage made in heaven . 

I fully agree with you, John

 

12 hours ago, Stillwater said:

Fantastic shots, Bernd, quite the ground details! And I remember some of the waypoints, as well as the approach…

Many thanks, Gerold. The new MSFS Australia is absolutely fantastic

 

9 minutes ago, adambar said:

Beautiful captures and flight Bernd! 

Thanks a lot, Adam

[Rain or shine]

Two excellent screenies, Adam !!

[Islands in the sun]

Great trip, Gerold. The Great Barrier Reef looks quite convincing with the Orbx treatment.

[Hamilton Island to Rockhampton]

After a very pleasant night on Hamilton Island, it’s off to Rockhampton

 

Over Lindeman Islands Nat. Park with Mount Olden as its highest elevation

 

 

Heading west towards the mainland

 

Near St. Helens Beach we turn south

 

 

Passing by Mt Sweetland and Mt Adder

 

For a short while we follow the Yakapari Seaforth Road

 

Passing by Mackay Harbour and the city of Mackay

 

Below us is the Pioneer River

 

 

Further south is the Rocky Dam Creek

 

Past Carmila Beach

 

Close to St Lawrence Creek

 

Above Styx River with Herbert Creek in the distance

 

We now use the Fitzroy River and its adjacent highway to bring us into Rockhampton

 

On final into Rockhampton

 

 

 

[Visiting Hamilton Island]

We have South Molle Island at our port side. When the weather holds, we should reach Hamilton Island in time for sundowners.

 

 

 

Do go ahead, you are faster than we are

 

 

We are about to enter the marina of Hamilton Island

 

 

To back a large single screw ship into its assigned berth is a very tricky undertaking, but we have finally managed. Yet, compared with these Mega-Yachts, I feel so tiny.

 

 

Let’s explore the island a bit. The building across the marina entrance is the Hamilton Island Yacht Club

 

The restaurant is called “Bommie”

 

Walking along Front Street, we pass by Bob’s bakery

 

Here on Acacia Drive we have a nice view of neighboring Dent Island

 

And tomorrow, our Mooney will bring us from Hamilton to Rockhampton

 

 

[Twin Otter at YLHI Howe Island]

Great shots, Landon!!

 

3 hours ago, Stillwater said:

Oh boy, how I love to see some shots of Australia in MSFS. That is the only way one can make me move there...

No worries, my dear Gerold, we will get you there in no time 

[Further down the Queensland coast]

Great tour, Gerold. I'd love to do comparison shots, but John said above that those shots are not tolerated, so...I'll do it another way 

[MSFS: Friendship on the Gold Coast]

5 hours ago, flyingleaf said:

Great shots indeed. But that first one with that nasty looking sky and if I were flying that old crate I would have to be sitting on a porta potti. Well done Tiger as always.

+1 

[MSFS: Fokker Pics]

Thanks T for the short review. I had the payware Ford Trimotor for P3D (and as far as I can remember, you had her too). This was a delight to fly, as you really had the feeling to have to nurse her up into the air. In theory the Fokker should give you the same sort of feeling. If that's not yet the case, I have doubts that the flight model can be improved, because it's an MSFS plane and the aircraft cfg is not available to the public (us). In this case, I think I pass, despite the cheap price. 

[MSFS: Josephine on Skis at Bromma]

Looks great T. Although I am very happy with my Ju 52, I am tempted to buy this too, just for the experience. 

[Out of Cairns]

Many thanks, Wayne

[YBBN, WU7]

I fully agree with you, Jose. Can't be much better than this. But we already were of this opinion ten years ago and look at what we have now. So let's see, how this evolves over the next ten years. 

[Out of Cairns]

5 hours ago, adambar said:

What a great set of captures Bernd, great job!  

Thanks, Adam. I'm glad you like them.

[Alaskan Porter (no, not a beer)]

Very nice, Landon. Your screenies bring out the best of Alaska !!

[Melbourne - I don't know what to say]

Carlos, I just checked Melbourne. I see nothing of this. Mine looks like Adam's and Landon's. So maybe it is a server issue.

[Out of Cairns]

7 hours ago, BradB said:

MSFS at it's best , thanks Bernd .

Many thanks, John, I think so too. This sim evolves really nicely 

 

 

7 hours ago, carlosqr said:

I was just there too, the area is fantastic

Great shots!

I'm happy with all areas except Melbourne

Thanks

Thanks, Carlos. I will now slowly progress south along the Gold Coast, should be fun.

 

6 hours ago, Sniper31 said:

Looking great Bernd! I have checked out Brisbane area, and it looks good to me as well. 

 

Landon

Many thanks, landon. There is so much to explore on this vast continent 

 

1 hour ago, Stillwater said:

And you own a nice vintage boat, if you need a hand on deck just let me know!

 

As I can compare the region quite well, I add two more comments:

- The colours are more intense than in reality (that can surely be adjusted)

- @Jarrad Marshallhad done a fantastic job with this FSX/P3D scenery, it really comes close to airport & city in the new replication.

Hahaha, no need, you are always welcome to join! I think the colours can be adjusted. It also depends, how thick the clouds are. This has a big impact on scenery in MSFS.

Jarrad at al. were truly magicians. I can only hope that he will return after his sabbatical!

The Orbx TE areas come very close to what MSFS offers out of the box. The advantage of MSFS is, that it covers the entire world (ok, not all areas look as well as Australia now, but they are working on improving the entire planet and I believe, this improvement will come free as in the past). When I calculate, how much money I have spent in total on all Landclass and True Earth titles that Orbx has on offer, I don't want the missus to know. Now we get all of this for free and I don't mind 

[Owner of a lonely heart]

Looks somewhat ok, Gerold, but not more, if you allow me to say this. I just did a similar flight, whithout having seen yours first. So maybe you want to have a look: Out of Cairns.

[Out of Cairns]

After having just installed WU7, which concentrates on Australia, I was keen to check on a few places that I have been to. One of them was Cairns. Here we go:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over Green Island

 

 

 

This looks almost unbelievable

 

 

I think I need to get onto my boat, which is of similar vintage and start exploring the Great Barrier Reef a bit more thoroughly 

 

 

 

[Lord Howe Island - MSFS]

Wow, instant buy for me now, after having seen your pics, John!!

[N-W France: Bretagne+Normandie]

Great variety of screenies, Johnny. Well done!

[F-16 at Skiathos !]

Awesome screenies, Mikee!

[Does anyone have "O"s for sale?]

Great set of pics, Gerold.

 

1 hour ago, Sniper31 said:

Ha! Well John, I definitely don't want to buy any of THAT...lol. 

No need to buy it, Landon. You can usually get it for free 

[Bali to Labuan Bajo]

21 hours ago, Sniper31 said:

Super interesting terrain and descriptions during this flight Bernd! Some great information that you put in the post to go along with these scenic screenshots you took. The Kodiak is looking mighty fine as well  

 

Landon

Thank you Landon. I'm glad you liked my little excursion.

 

21 hours ago, TigerTigerM said:

Nice set of captures.

The airport in shot 2, is that stock MSFS?

 

TTM

Thanks T. The airport is Aerosoft's Denpasar.

 

20 hours ago, BradB said:

Grand shots from a not so visited area Bernd .

Many thanks, buddy.

 

3 hours ago, Stillwater said:

Great shots & flight, Bernd. And an outstanding narration, thank you for this! I guess this is first-hand knowledge...?

Many thanks, Gerold. Yes, it is 

 

1 hour ago, John Mac said:

Beautiful shots Bernd and wonderful explanations as you went along! You learn something new everyday!

Thank you,

John.

Thank you very much for your comment, John.