I Spent 14 BRUTAL Hours on This Tiny Plane Across Australia
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I sent 14 hours on a tiny plane flying across the Australian outback, that ended up being a pretty brutal experience.
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love the way the airport lady delicately opened the glass doors.
She'll be right mate.
If you can’t fix it, fuck it
Jesus thought the glass was gonna shatter
😆😆right
We build em tough in Australia 💪🏼🇦🇺💪🏼 .....the doors and the women.
Overseas viewers note: Noel never left Queensland. He is still in one small corner of Australia; he still has the Northern Territory and the huge expanse of Western Australia between him and the West Coast. Also on regional flights people in hi viz clothing onboard means they are mining personnel travelling around. On some flights everyone will be wearing it.
Yep we live on a BIG island. Hi from Perth West Australia.
Legit 👌🏽
QLD is about the size of Ukraine, France, Spain and the UK combined.
Also, it's pronounced 'Mount eye-za' for anyone that doesn't know haha. The 1st leg destination, Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, is also home to the Qantas Academy. A fairly large state-of-the-art facility on the opposite side of the runway from the terminal complete with it's own living accommodation for students. I live in Queensland and it's very weird seeing Noel visit these small, remote towns here.
Yes Queensland🌴 is a massive state. In comparison to the United States, it's equal in size to Alaska or roughly equal to 2.5 Texas's.
Those Rex planes (and QANTAS link for that matter) are extremely important to our rural towns here in aus. Thank you for taking the time to fly with them
Reminds me a lot of Alaska - a lot of places rely almost entirely on aviation to get what they need.
Without trucks Australia stops @@vicroc4
The FA Margot is a legend! Imagine how many hours she's spent operating this service!
If she’s the person I found, she is no longer a FA.
I just moved to America from Sydney 3 weeks ago and hearing Aussie accents had me in near tears. Thank you for this video!
Welcome to America! Hope you enjoy the stay
G'day mate. We fairdinkum miss you already. See you in a while, crocodile.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Aussie in the UK, here since 2019. I feel you.
@@noelphilips Come back to visit again someday. Wouldn't you agree Brisbane is a beautiful city? Shame it is overlooked by Sydney & Melbourne a lot.
I spent 14 BRUTAL hours this weekend binge-watching your channel. Love it! 🍻
I hope you had a comfortable seat and plenty of choc chip cookies. :)
Did you experience any turbulence?
As a private pilot for many years until health issues stopped me, I loved flying over the Aussie outback, some of my most memorable flying experiences, I do really miss it.
Lord, this is a real aviation adventure... No dwelling in first class and lounges, this is aviation pure. OZ has been on my bucketlist for a very loong time... I really hope to see Sydney in near future.
If you want to see a really beautiful city go to Adelaide. Sydney is great but very, very busy and heavily commercialised
What about Brisbane & Melbourne? As a local, I am disappointed that not many Overseas tourists know that there is more to Australia than just Sydney. Also, although there is decent public transport in the Capital Cities (aka Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane), If you are wanting to travel on day trips or go on a road trip through regional areas (which is good for Regional Tourism), then may I recommend getting a Hire car. You don't have to, but it can make getting around a little easier in such a vast country like Australia. Trust me, there is more Australia has to offer behind the curtain. Also, if you come across something that may look interesting, check it out. This is because there are actually a lot of great attractions, local tourism companies and small businesses that aren't well known or advertised yet some of them offer great once-in-a-lifetime experiences. I would recommend you visit Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane during your Aussie holiday, but also check out the raw natural beauty that regional Australia has to offer. By the way, you must check out Hamilton Island and the Whitsundays, it is paradise.
@@h.c5750 Brisbane?
For context to Americans, Queensland is 3 times the size of Texas. It's a little bit bigger than Alaska. That's why this is such an epic journey. And that's just one Australian state...
Oh right...Australia is a country AND a whole continent.
2.5 times the size of Texas Hugh.
Wow, finally someone showing Australian communities in outback Queensland, I'm from Brisbane but have family in cairns and mt isa and they wouldn't function without aviation, it's just unfortunate in Australia aviation can be very expensive but definitely needed, I hope we get some more airlines in Australia to make it a bit more affordable as so many areas in Australia are worthwhile visiting, great video Noel.
There used to be passenger rail lines criss crossing the Queensland outback to connect the regional towns, but many of them are now out of service, or now used by Aurizon to haul freight... grain, coal, & intermodal containers.
He hated it lol.
The QLD government ripped the trains out…
Seems like no security checks before boarding those flights.
@@mikkoistanbul1322you dont need tsa level security in mount isa.
Quite an achievement, finding a way to fly from Brisbane to Cairns that takes nearly as long as driving from Brisbane to Cairns (19 hours)….
The way that lady opened the doors @1:50 anyone would think she had a personal vendetta against them 😂
Definitely the actions of a woman tired of those doors' BS.
"It's another one of those doors"
Thank you Noel for doing that trip. I’m 83 years old living on the Central Coast of New South Wales. Only seen the outback on three trips to the UK from way up in the air. Amazing!
Glad you enjoyed it
Mount Isa Mines is the second largest copper producer in Australia. Also produces silver and lead. Incredible mine. Thanks for the great review.
👍 Thanks for watching!
@@noelphilips Lead, .copper ,silver and all owned by the Rothchilds.
This is such a cool way to see a very large area that few of us will ever explore. Thanks for taking us with you Noel! Do Western Aus next :)
Totally agree. It was great to see
You are absolutely welcome… it’s the most rewarding part of doing what I do. I love putting a smile on the faces of people that I could care less about! 😊
Well, usually I only post my typical "Very Nice. Thank you.", but this is an unusually nice adventure. Thank you.
Thanks, I am glad you enjoyed it.
These are the videos I love, adventures to remote places no one else shows us. Fascinating and hugely enjoyable viewing. Thanks Noel :)
Thank you Paul!
He did basic layovers. Nothing special but appreciate he's not as delicate or flexible about where they really come from
@@noelphilips Hope you didn't take the really expensive Airtrain to the Airport. LOL.
I totally agree!
@@noelphilipsthe north west (the top), the Midwest or the south west of Western Australia would be an amazingly stunning flight path to venture ✈️ 🩵
A little quirk of the Saab 340 is that the steering bypass pin travels with the aircraft. After pushback is complete, the ground handler rolls up the pin, its flag, and the headset connection and passes it to the pilot through a little hole below their window. You can see the hole is open at 8.33.
50:29 if your wondering, this is a town called karumba
absolutely fabulous video taking us with you on the ride. I love it how pro the flight attendant is, sounding enthusiastic every single time she welcomes the passengers to a new destination - and the fact that you included that in the account!
REX have a pretty good reputation here in Oz, better than Qantas Link.
This is incredible, my family is from Charleville. Haven't been back in ages.
OMG Noel, thanks for bringing back 7 years of my life as Cabin Crew and then as manager of Kendell Airlines which was the airline before Rex. Also using Saab340 aircraft. Our aircraft had the loo in the back. Hazelton had the loos in the front like the one you were on. I have some amazing memories flying in the Saab birds.
I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of drought and flooding rains,
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me. - Dorothea MacKellar
❤
At the Museum of Australia (in Canberra) they have a video tour of Aus cut to link to this poem. At the line "Land of Sweeping Plains" they have a short shot of someone with a broom sweeping dust off the wings of a plane
As an aussie FIFO worker I think it's great you are getting out to experience these remote routes. Also I agree Kangaroo is delicious. Rex is a budget airline but Qantas used to offer great little meals with a good selection of drinks even on these short 2 hour flights prior to the pandemic. Now it's just cheese and crackers most of the time.
After the epic "around the world in 72 hours", this has to be another blockbuster. Well done Noel, Awesome
Thanks so much!
The "Bugger all" response had me in stitches. That bout sums up Australia as a whole lmao
Excellent adventure! Why would you want to do that journey? Because you can!! Worth mentioning is that you flew near Winton, where QANTAS began. Their role was to link up outback communities as well. That was one of your best videos.
Yes Winton is home of Qantas but also home of Waltzing Matilda
I can't be the only person to bring Google maps up and track this journey- brilliant vlog
Wonderful video of your adventures, Noel! I laughed when you said: "better get inside before I burn me bald head!" I love your British humor! LOL!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You could say, “It’s a Saab story” 😂
"That was the Noel Philips Loo Review...Ha, what a stinka!" Lol! 😂
That was an epic adventure Noel and thanks for sharing it with us. You know, I couldn't help thinking that it must have been a logistical nightmare getting tarmac to those wonderful, tiny outback airfields. But they did it and they made sure that the isolated townships had regular connections. I would happily travel with Rex to see those little places, even for the short time on the ground. You are so lucky to have the wherewithal to enable you to fly to some of the worlds remotest places. I envy you. Happy travels!
As a concrete truck driver, I was wondering how a town of 110 in the middle of nowhere has great concrete work lol
Thank you for taking us along on your adventures ! You descriptions truly make it feel like we are with you on your travels ☺️❤️
Awesome! Thank you!
No desert where you flew over, Noel. Just outback country. There is a difference! Love your vids!
Fantastic flight review. I was a flight attendant on the Saab340 for air new zealand link for 2 years until we transitioned to the Q300. Great little aircraft!
Thank You, Noel. For another Great trip flying around Australia outback.
Please have great trip.
Best sponsored video ever on this channel......everything from flying down into the neighbourhood and ringing the door bell to the comedy.......much better than the standard ones where your sitting at a computer chair......you should do more of these during your sponsor ads
Every year there is a huge music event that happens in Birdsville called the Big Red Bash, and that's when the pub and town gets busy!
I’m an Aussie and I found this very interesting indeed. The Aussie outback is a wonderful and often misunderstood part of our country. Keep up the great work Noel ❤
You are living my dream Noel. Keep up the good work mate. I feel like travelling as I watch your videos. Thanks. Much appreciated.
Awesome, thank you!
Don't ever have to feel bad for eating the kangaroos. Like cattle. Some raised for milk. Some raised for meat. Some raised for other things. I had a kangaroo burger in Sydney, AU and it was FANTASTIC. My friends still give me grief because I was at a kangaroo and koala sanctuary a few days prior.
I was in Japan recently and I visited a pig cafe right after eating pork for lunch. While I was playing with the pigs, I was like “huh what am I doing” lol
Been watching your vlogs for sometime now although never left a comment. I spent an hour of pure scenic beauty and a history lesson regarding the Australian outback 🎉🎉. Thanks Lord Noel. Regards from the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan 🇧🇹
How awesome is that! Picturing and wondering about a tiny town you fly over, then...actually settling down for a cool one in the pub a few years later!!!
And? Sharing a drink with a supporter in that same little town?
That's Fabulous Noel! One of the cool things that help me absolutely love your videos!
That brought a tear to me eye. It can be such a small world when you meet someone like that.
Birdsville has a tiny air defense force (those flies constantly attacking you).
Noel thank you for sharing your Outback flying adventure with us.
Glad you enjoyed it
Want to try a far flung place? Go to Longreach Queensland.
That brings back memories of catching the milk run flights when I live and worked in outback NSW. Too many stories to tell of the casual and flexible nature of the flights. You never really knew what route you would take even when you were already in the air. It was like request stops on a train.
Noel excellent adventure that’s definitely a brilliant way to fly ! . Great to see the S340 too . 😀
Glad you enjoyed it
As an Australian I thoroughly enjoyed your blog, I must say you handled the heat very well.
He did do this back in July, middle of "winter". Maybe top temp was about 30C in Mornington Island? Birdsville, a guess ~20C
Wonderful and very informative video Noel. I grew up in a very small township in outback Queensland. Was very interesting to see the vast expanse from a different view point. I thoroughly enjoyed the journey. Glad you enjoyed as well.
Awesome video! I think Mt Isa is not just a lead mine, it's also copper, zinc and silver. Either way, bloody big.
That was indeed fun. Trip like that can be numb the bottom but they are hard to forget what you learned and experienced. I appreciate the wealth of honesty and personal joy (and sometimes frustration) you offer. Thanks again.
Part of me thinks Noel is absolutely mad and insane, part of me thinks Noel is a genius, and the other part of me says just shut up and watch the video.
Great work as always Noel, hopefully you can come back to Australia and do a rail and aviation tour of Australia in the future :)
Thanks Noel. My family used to live on an airport in Cobar, outback NSW. Rex used to land there as well, as well as RFDS, the airforce at times, and a variety of other planes and helicopters. The runway would have to be patrolled before arriving planes to ensure kangaroos were off the runway, which despite a pretty tall fence around the airfield, they would still make their way in. Quite often the pilots would land but wouldn't have phone service to phone for a taxi to town. We would often drive the pilots into town and given them a bit of a tour along the way. The outback is such an awesome part of Australia to explore. So many little towns with airstrips. So glad you shared this. Hopefully people feel encouraged to venture out and enjoy this great part of Australia. Safe travels mate.
Amazing! I use Cobar Airport a lot these days-Rex used to serve it with their Airlink subsidiary via Dubbo to Sydney, but now it’s just FlyPelican direct to Sydney
Great video Noel!! It was very interesting to see such small towns and their airports in the Outback. Thank you for sharing.
Noel!, Mate this put a huge smile on my face. Great to see you in my neck of the woods.. The first leg BNE to WTB more or less flys over my house! The iconic Birdsville Hotel too. Sweet!
Also, this is just within one state of the country.
I just love how americans go on about how big Texas is, when Qld is 2.5 times larger by area, and only the second largest state in Australia. Also how many Europeans just freak out at the size and emptiness of our wonderful country. I love our large empty land.
Fully enjoyed your travel Vlog. More of these "out of the ordinary" flights please.
Thank you! Will do!
PLANE NOSIES!!!!!!! What a great video as usual I enjoy them all, stay safe stay blessed peace✌🏿✌🏿
Glad you like them!
Really enjoyed your video, thank you Noel. As an Aussie living abroad its great to see parts of my homeland that I have not yet visited. Your coverage was inspiring and makes me want to try the journey myself.
Great video. Never seen the Australian Outback before. So remote are the towns where very few people live. Thank you for sharing with us.
It's not really the middle... hopefully he does a flight Sydney to Perth, then the middle can be seen!
Thanks so much!
Fantastic video ! I think a lot of people don't realise how big Australia is. It's a huge country. Almost as big as the USA and just 26 million people.
Australia is bigger than USA.. They just add in alaska and hawaii to make it bigger
@lwf51 USA: Area
• Total area
3,796,742 sq mi (9,833,520 km2) (3rd[e])
• Water (%)
4.66
• Land area
3,531,905 sq mi (9,147,590 km2) (3rd)
Australia: Area
• Total
7,692,024 km2 (2,969,907 sq mi) (6th)
• Water (%)
1.79 (2015)
Yeh but USA has more of an inhabitable landscape. Lots of Aus you cant really live in.
Wouldn’t live anywhere else. I think we’re blessed ❤
Noel your analysis of the trip was so true. Serving remote communities over huge distances. Thanks to Rex too
Josh Cahill has got nothing on you. Your authenticity really shows in your content. I’ve been with you since the beginning I believe. I’m glad you made the move to Texas, god bless.
What an amazing video Noel! If I am ever lucky enough to get down to Australia I would definitely fly into the outback. Looks like a fascinating place
What an adventure ! All those lovely towns you got to visit and see ! Thanks for taking us along with you ! ❤️
Thanks for watching
Thanks for showing mount isa! I love living here.
Big place. I remember on commercial jet flight coming from Bangkok to Sydney, they announced "We've just crossed the north coast, we land in Sydney in four hours time".
I saw the description/title of this and had instant flashback to my 13+ hour journey on an aircraft of simular size from Anchorage all the way out to St. Paul Island in the Pribiloff's in the Bering Sea. We had 4 stops total and thankfully it was a gloriously crystal blue sky day until we hit the Bering Sea. Mind you, this was in February of 1991. Upon breaking through the clouds at about 500 feet the pilots had to buzz the runway 3 times to get the white foxes off of it.
Great video Noel. Makes me homesick when I see Australia. Margot was absolutely lovely, great airline REX. Enjoy your Aussie adventure.
thanks Noel for showing us all the small fascinating places, and to fly on a tiny reginal prop for that many hours, wow that's some endurance!
Noel stinking out the back of the plane with salmon and kangaroo haha
😂
The centre of Australia is Alice Springs in the Northern Territory and not Queensland, from the furthest west point of QLD there is still another 500 km to Alice Springs. At Birdsville, you have travelled around 1400 km from Brisbane, if you wanted to fly to Pert it is another 2500 km.
Yes!!! I’ve been waiting for you to do the Western milk run since I saw you do the surfshark ad in Birdsville!! Glad you got to experience the iconic Rex “Sweet or Savoury snack” service! Awesome you were in Oz. Thanks for coming all this way!
Hey mate what a great experience! Glad you did this, I think it's hard for people from smaller countries to really Understand the true vastness of Australia but this flight definitely does. I've previously driven to everyone of those towns at different times, but this flight is definitely on the bucket list. Oh and it's cooper creek not copper! (But more of a river than a creek)
Brilliant video Noel. Love these airlines they are the backbone of some many places
What an awesome video mate, thanks for posting it and showing me my own backyard 😀.
What a great trip to document. This was super interesting, as they always are. Man... I'd love to experience some of these places you've been to. Excellent Sir!
What an epic adventure Noel. I love that you popped into an outback bar for a pint too in Birdsville 👍
That is an outback adventure. Great video. Well done.
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This has been one of my favourite videos you have done Noel. It really celebrates travel. It reminded me of my time working in WA and travelling to Kartatha and Barrow island. Hates the flies though !
Loved seeing many of the outback airports I frequented 35 years ago, worked at Charleville airport for 3 years, much has changed
Noel, this may be one of your best vlogs yet. I enjoyed every bit of it almost as much as you enjoyed making it. Nice work - and a big welcome to America too!
I saw the video was an hour long for a Saab 340 trip, but like always, Lord Noel makes a proper entertaining video 😊
That Pub scene @ 23:23 ...reminds me of the Famous "David Bowie's Song Let's Dance " (video was shot in Carinda NSW - Australia)
Really enjoyed seeing this, all those tiny outback towns. Look up the Birdsville Races, a different place then. How fantastic one of your patreons was on the same flight, incredible.
What brilliant adventure Noel. I lived in Australia for 10 years and would have loved to do that trip. Not sure that would have been possible 20+ years ago but maybe some day I'll be able to do it. Thanks for sharing.
Wow 😲😲 I have lived in Queensland all my life (from Brisbane) but I have never visited these small towns in my state! I've travelled more widely in other countries (always the way right) so its really interesting to see my own backyard. Really enjoy your videos 😀🙂
Greeting from Western Australia...i have always loved the welcome REX flight crew give you , not many airlines have the pilots outside on the ground welcoming you as you board.
Very cool!
Glad you made it to the classic Birdsville Hotel…I have a plaster model of it and this is the prototype for small town pub/hotels across the outback.
This was one of my fave adventures and flights you have done to date! I can’t believe an hour went by so fast! I enjoyed this video immensely and seeing Australia! A place I have always wanted to visit.
Absolutely a marvelous video. You should do Western Australia as well. Amazing place. Thanks
Thanks, I am glad you enjoyed it.
Remote Noel always ends up being my favorite adventure traveller. Another compelling video. Cheers!
Awesome, thank you!
27:03 that yellow thing in Birdsville is a Ukrainian-built Foxbat light aircraft. When I lived in 'outback' Western Australia someone had a foxbat: we formed a flying club and used to pay an instructor to fly up from Perth once in a while to give us lessons 🙂 Only in the outback
Superb coverage Noel I really enjoyed this.
I used to take the easy option when I flew out to the isa and Cloncurry for work from Brisbane, on a lovely noisy B717 or a Dash-8 from Townsville although I did consider ZL5662 once but I would have exceeded the baggage allowance on the 340!
The alternative punishment was on the INLANDER train service from Townsville to Mount Isa but at 18+ hours I wouldn't recommend it to everyone.
Thaks for sharing our beautiful country here on your channel. I do miss heading out to the isa and the Curry.
Look forward to your next adventure 👍👍✈️
Hi Mr. Philips and thanks for the video, Yep I loved watching it and I have enjoyed seeing parts Aussie outback through your camera, Australia is really amazing place and I love visiting there. It is one of my favourite destinations. I have heard of a couple of those small towns like Toowomba, I have met someone from there once and places like Mount Isa, I have heard through Aussie TV programs like MKR which is a cooking TV show and two lovely cooks came from Mount Isa. Shoutout to Jac and Shaz. Others town names I have heard through my relatives and through my past visits. I would honestly love to get the chance to visit those small towns one day. There is a lot to see and do in Australia which is why I guess it is one of the many many reasons I love Australia so much and why I would go there again and again if I can. Enjoy your visit to Cairns and catch up with you on the next one.
As soon as I saw you were in Australia, I knew you would do this route.
Noel, those 'dishes' next to the airport at Windorah are part of an experimental solar farm they're not radio dishes but mirrors :-) Windorah looks like the kind of place I would like to spend a weekend. Just pick up a minespec 4WB, take an EPIRB and metal detector (and your fossicing license, bought in Brisbane) and spend the weekend listening to the wind and the birdsong and pick up some gold nuggets!! ps I think "The Australian Outback" is a bit of a myth, Australia is an entire contenent, it has sandy desert, rocky desert, tropical rainforest, temperate forest, even snowfields. There is a lot to see :-)
Fabulous vlog seeing the rivers winding its way across to land, the red sands amazing
Hey Karen! Nice to meet you, when was the last time you flew with Australia airline ?
This video made me subscribe! What an awesome adventure, beautifully filmed and narrated! Well done Noel.
smart move and well put. so many terrific videos here ! merry christmas :) Walkie Talkie Traveller