Exhibit Australia: Qantas’ inflight safety videos
Australian geography time!
The Qantas inflight safety videos depict Australia at its most beautiful, and serve as an amazing tourism commercial for inbound travellers, as well as those viewing online as the video goes viral.
Lets take a look at the two videos (2016 and the impressive 2017 edition), find the locations where they were shot, and plan a trip to all of them! Where would you like to go?
2016 version
The 2016 video features;
Tooborac, a sheep farming town northwest of Melbourne
Stanwell Tops, coastal cliffs between Sydney and Wollongong
Alice Springs in central Australia
Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart
Bondi Beach in Sydney
Hamilton Island, a resort in the Whitsunday Islands, off the coast of Queensland
Yarra Valley, a wine-growing region near Melbourne
Melbourne, the Victorian state capital
Deep Well Station in “outback” central Australia
Josephine Falls in the hinterland of tropical north Queensland
Cradle Mountain, in a national park in central Tasmania
Exmouth, a fishing village on the north western coast of Australia
Purnong, a town by the Murray River, part of Australia’s longest river system
Lake Lefroy, a salt lake south of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia
Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island in Queensland
Fremantle, the port district of Perth
2017 version
The 2017 video features;
St Kilda Pier in St Kilda, bayside suburb of Melbourne
Hunter Valley, a wine-growing region north of Sydney
Surfers Paradise, the urban centre of the Gold Coast, and home to Q1, one of the world’s tallest residential buildings
Melbourne, regarded as the fashion capital of Australia
Sydney Harbour with the crew of Wild Oats XI, a Sydney-Hobart winning yacht
Cape Banks at La Perouse, a Sydney suburb near where the first fleet landed. The dance is specially choreographed by the Bangarra Dance Theatre, an indigenous contemporary dance company.
Kings Park, connected with the Perth Botanic Garden in central Perth
Uluru, part of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in central Australia, currently hosting the Field of Light art installation
Mt Ainslie, a lookout in Canberra, the national capital
Moreton Island, home to Tangalooma Resort, near Brisbane
Mindil Beach in Darwin which hosts “sunset markets” in the dry season
Salamanca Place, home to a Sunday morning produce and craft market in Hobart
Cape Hillsborough, north of Mackay in Queensland
Mt Hotham, one of Australia’s highest ski resorts
Barossa Valley, a major wine-growing region north of Adelaide
Port Lincoln, a fishing town in South Australia whose airport terminal was completely rebuilt in 2013
well – there you go! Still not featuring me though, which I think is definitely an oversight! Come to Melbourne for the Andy’s! We have the best Andy’s here!
Total oversight, I’ll have them look at that right away!
Not to be confused with the Andes of course.
No. Those would be in South America. But Melbourne has the best Andys this side of the Pacific 🙂
I flew Qantas last month, they really are a great airline to fly with, very much on brand. It was a great experience. And I remember thinking the video was AWESOME! I have been to a good many of the locations featured and want to visit the rest of them too. How amazing is Australia?!
Australia is simply incredible! And I haven’t flown Qantas for a long time… but I’m thinking maybe I should!! Thanks for reading, Anna 🙂