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To the northwest of Brisbane is Mount Coot-tha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Coot-tha,_Queensland . The aboriginal people used to collect honey ("ku-ta") up there.

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This is the view from its top:

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Just a few miles south should be Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Pine_Koala_Sanctuary , but it is missing here.

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So I had to head back to the city center. The vector data are good here, even the landclass makes sense. But autogen and buildings are still far away from reality...

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That means: Down to Brisbane River, ...

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... to Story Bridge (you can also climb it if you like http://storybridgeadventureclimb.com.au/), ...

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... and further on to the M1 motorway bridge.

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For navigation purposes we pick up the airlink railway here...

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... pass the cargo area...

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...towards the domestic terminal, ...

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... where the airlink line ends. Does anyone need a map or signs, or is Orbx just enough?

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1 hour ago, JohnnyJohnJohn said:

Nope, no map needed here!  Looks like Orbx is all we need. Great set, and great bird to tour it in!

Thank you, JJJ. With sceneries detailed like this one I would indeed feel confident enough to go there without reading signs...

 

28 minutes ago, TerribleT said:

Another Marvelous Set!  The M1 Motorway Bridge is known locally as The Gateway Bridge and I still have a pearl handled bridge embossed pocket knife that my late Uncle bought at the opening of the Story Bridge.

Thanks TT! When posting this I was retrieving more info about the Story Bridge - amazing to learn that the world is so small and your Uncle was there at the opening!

 

23 minutes ago, Mark Abdey said:

Great pics and flying Gerold.

Thank you Mark!

 

16 minutes ago, Jack Sawyer said:

That was great Gerold and I did very much enjoy your bridgework!

Such a compliment from the well-known-and-feared master of bridgework... :)

 

11 minutes ago, BradB said:

Smashing shots Jack Jr ......:):rolleyes::lol:

Cheers

John

... and this is an even bigger compliment! Though... doing this with a chopper is easy, compared to the airliners that our master is using :D.

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A wonderful flight and I about the only place I have visited in Brisbane is Mt Coot-tha.:huh:

They used to collect honey there, now they collect money there.:lol:

I have of course been to the airport in RL and what great foresight to have a rail link which we should have in Melbourne in the year 2525, if mxn is still alive!:o

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2 hours ago, European Mountain Man said:

Super set of shots Gerold and good bit of flying with the bridges ect regards EMM

Thank you Stewart. Good to see you back here, I know you have time constraints with the big project for 2019.

 

3 hours ago, VH-KDK said:

A wonderful flight and I about the only place I have visited in Brisbane is Mt Coot-tha.:huh:

They used to collect honey there, now they collect money there.:lol:

I have of course been to the airport in RL and what great foresight to have a rail link which we should have in Melbourne in the year 2525, if mxn is still alive!:o

Keep my fingers crossed you get an extension of the Melbourne tram to Tullamarine earlier than expected ???.

Maybe the money from the Coot-tha honey can be used for this :D?

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1 hour ago, Captain Lars said:

The secret stays undisclosed whether you flew under or over the bridge? I have got very accustomed to this bridge (the second one) from my approaches to Brisbane!

No doubt I flew under them - both... the Gateway bridge is so easy that I did not take any proof :D...

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