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2014-01-05 01:01
in Australia, Ntrips, Trips
Thanks to Linux.conf.au 2014 in Perth, Jennifer and I got to go to Perth this year (second time for me after a first trip to Perth in 2003).
Due to merely asking, and some super nice pilots in the B747 we were taking from SFO to Sydney, the captain not only let me sit in his chair, but even took the picture for me :)
After a dinner and night in Perth, we took an early private flight to Monkey Mia and Shark Bay. Putting the price aside (flying in Australia is not cheap), the owner unfortunately used the flight to check out one of his pilots, so we had an extra person in the plane which does not have much room, and we did a long 3H-ish flight in the cramped back seats of a Mooney. It was pretty miserable, but we got to Monkey Mia eventually. Unfortunately we got there too late for the last dolphin beach sighting of the day, so having arrived there after missing the main attraction was a bit disappointing.
I've flown the slightly faster version of this plane, I don't consider it a 4 seater
but we had 4 of us inside, it probably stretched the allowed payload
this board told us that we'd likely be out of luck for seeing dolphins that day
the dolphins swimming close to shore, but not interested in coming to see us
actually we got lucky and saw some wild emus
this looks a bit dry, and it sure was hot and dry
this wild kangaroo didn't seem to mind.
Naval museum and Fremantle in the back
the women are not impressed, tough crowd
but they could be bought with food easily :)
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