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2017-10-28 01:01
in Australia, Flying, Nflying, Ntrips, Ozsafari2017, Trips
After 21 days going around Australia, it was time to fly back to where we started: Toowoomba. We took a ferry back to mainland and Hervey Bay, got back to our planes, and went for a very scenic flight around Fraser Island, spotting wildlife from the air (Manta Rays, Turtles, and Whales).
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![Kingfisher Resort, where we stayed Kingfisher Resort, where we stayed](/blogimg/15/thumb1024_115_20171028_Day22_Fraser-Sunshine_Coast.jpg)
Kingfisher Resort, where we stayed
![the car ferry we had taken earlier the car ferry we had taken earlier](/blogimg/16/thumb1024_116_20171028_Day22_Fraser-Sunshine_Coast.jpg)
the car ferry we had taken earlier
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![the lake we visited the previous day the lake we visited the previous day](/blogimg/38/thumb1024_138_20171028_Day22_Fraser-Sunshine_Coast.jpg)
the lake we visited the previous day
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![very cool custom water plane very cool custom water plane](/blogimg/75/thumb1024_175_20171028_Day22_Fraser-Sunshine_Coast.jpg)
very cool custom water plane
![fly to the beach, walk away fly to the beach, walk away](/blogimg/77/thumb1024_177_20171028_Day22_Fraser-Sunshine_Coast.jpg)
fly to the beach, walk away
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![lots of mantas lots of mantas](/blogimg/89/thumb1024_189_20171028_Day22_Fraser-Sunshine_Coast.jpg)
lots of mantas
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Thanks to reports from other pilots, we found a few whales:
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![awesome pretty awesome pretty](/blogimg/19/thumb1024_219_20171028_Day22_Fraser-Sunshine_Coast.jpg)
awesome pretty
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![nice little runway on the other side of the island nice little runway on the other side of the island](/blogimg/71/thumb1024_271_20171028_Day22_Fraser-Sunshine_Coast.jpg)
nice little runway on the other side of the island
We then flew back to the main coast:
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![big ass beach party big ass beach party](/blogimg/97/thumb1024_297_20171028_Day22_Fraser-Sunshine_Coast.jpg)
big ass beach party
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Eventually we got to sunshine coast
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![Ozzie world Ozzie world](/blogimg/47/thumb1024_347_20171028_Day22_Fraser-Sunshine_Coast.jpg)
Ozzie world
![kart racetrack kart racetrack](/blogimg/57/thumb1024_357_20171028_Day22_Fraser-Sunshine_Coast.jpg)
kart racetrack
![glasshouse mountain glasshouse mountain](/blogimg/65/thumb1024_365_20171028_Day22_Fraser-Sunshine_Coast.jpg)
glasshouse mountain
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And then back towards Toowoomba:
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![and the last landing of the trip. and the last landing of the trip.](/blogimg/77/thumb1024_377_20171028_Day22_Fraser-Sunshine_Coast.jpg)
and the last landing of the trip.
After 37H of flying and 20 landings later, we got back "home" in Towoomba.
It was a great flying trip, kudos to Clare McEwan from airsafarisint for organizing it. |