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08/02/25 - Flying From Busselton to Jandakot

We flew from Busselton to Perth landing at Jandakot Airport south of the central city. It was a long, dull drive the last time, but it was a short, pretty flight this time. We followed the coast with towns, lagoons, ports, hiking trails and farm land.

Jandakot Airport doesn't have scheduled flights, but it is the local home of the famed Flying Doctors who provide medical care and evacuation services to the more sparsely settled parts of the Australia. We saw lots of their planes parked and ready. Given how isolated parts of Australia are, it's good to know there are flying doctors.

Perth is one of the most isolated cities of its size anywhere. The nearest big city is far, far away, so Perth serves as the center for a broad catchment of towns, small cities, mining camps, farms and settlements. Perth is a mining town, and its downtown is full of corporate buildings with names like Rio Tinto and Agip on them.

We had a great view of downtown Perth as we approached. Once again, the iPhone produced much better pictures than our usual camera, somehow compensating for the scratched plane windows and cloudy air. We took a taxi from Jandakot to our hotel downtown. We were flying again the next day, this time commercial on Qantas to Sydney.


















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