Around the world
In a Cessna Grand Caravan

an FS2002 Adventure

Day 23
Thursday, 15 November, 2001
Sydney, Australia - Williamson, Australia - Injinoo, Australia - Rendani, Indonesia

After spending a fun day hanging around Sydney, we got up before dawn this morning so that we could fly around and get some shots of the city during sunrise, and then head north, back on our way around the world.

The pictures are below... it was a stunning sunrise this morning.

The flight north was good. We toyed with the idea of exploring the Great Barrier Reef for a day, but the delay from my brother's misadventures with a koala killed that idea. We'll have to settle for flying over them, instead. There won't be a stop at Brisbane, either.

Williamson is a small strip on the northeastern coast of Australia that is set down in a bit of a hole. Need to be careful coming into and out of it.

Injinoo is a small strip on the very northern tip of Australia. We probably could make it over to Indonesia without stopping, but a stop is a good idea after such a long flight.

After that, it's over to Indonesia for the night. We don't want to get caught over the islands in the dark, as they do rise several thousand feet from the ocean floor, and aren't very well lit at night. We don't have moonlight to aid us, either.

The weather was great again. There was a slight shower as we landed at Rendani, but nothing major. The sun did go down before we landed, but we were clear of the hills by then.

LEGStartStart
Time
LandLand
Time
DistanceTrip
Time
Fuel
Used
1YSBK
Sydney, Australia
19:00 GMTYWIS
Williamson, Australia
23:11 GMT689 NM4 hr
11 min
254 gal
2YWIS
Williamson, Australia
23:30 GMTYBAM
Injinoo, Australia
04:30 GMT821 NM5 hr
0 min
284 gal
3YBAM
Injinoo, Australia
05:00 GMTWASR
Rendani, Indonesia
09:28 GMT784 NM4 hr
28 min
248 gal
Day
Total
    2294 NM13 hr
39 min
786 gal
Trip
Total
    17,910 NM119 hr
05 min
6328 gal

Pictures
Sydney in the distanceLooking towards downtown before sunriseThe Opera House just as the sun peeks up
Looking east over the skylineJust a great sunrise
Looking back in at Sydney one last time before we head north


Where we've been so far