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Hi, I know this has been covered to some extend before, but what is the single, best place for a bit of spotting at Perth?
I'm arranging a trip for Saturday.

Thankyou,

spartacus wrote:Hi, I know this has been covered to some extend before, but what is the single, best place for a bit of spotting at Perth?
I'm arranging a trip for Saturday.

Thankyou,

There is the mound north of 21 i beleive - when kirk gets on im sure he'll tell you where it is (i havn't been there myself)

thats the main one. Asside from that, there is the observation deck at the top of the international terminal.

international obs deck
Park to the south of the intl terminal
Carpark next to gate 4, south of the skywest terminal
The mound by rwy 21 which is a long walk around the 2 hangars at the end of valentine drive.

I think the RWY 21 mound may be un accessible, they are currently re surfacing TWY W east of 21, and they are dumping the product in that area, so there is alot of trucks operating in and out of that location.

The mound is here http://www.nearmap.com/?q=@-31.9257344, ... d=20101118

You Park here and walk around the track http://www.nearmap.com/?q=@-31.921429,1 ... d=20101118

Construction trucks are entering Airside at the gate to the east, and dumping the loads to the west of the creak

kirk, it's still there and accessable via a long walk.

Helitak_670 wrote:kirk, it's still there and accessable via a long walk.

I wasn't concerned about the fact that it was accessible, more so the movement of heavy vehicles in that area, also security may take a 2nd look at the moment, as they have a gate open all the time for ease of access for the trucks.

the gate may be open yes, but there is always a security/safety vehicle stationed there. So there is no chance of anyone getting airside. you aslo shouldn't have any drama's either if your on top of the mound.

Thankyou for all the suggestions, were tossing up with either the mound, or a spot slightly further north that we found on google earth.

Just got back, they we're using runway 03, so we got a bit adventurous and found this spot just south of 03.

http://maps.google.com.au/?ie=UTF8&ll=- ... -1.874,0,0

Thankyou to everyone for your suggestions, these will be explored very soon

spartacus, I take it that the 03 one was off Tonkin hwy?

I hope your aware of www.jetspotter.com which has a local Perth spotting section and also this website http://www.aviationwa.org.au/index.html

Helitak_670 wrote:spartacus, I take it that the 03 one was off Tonkin hwy?

I hope your aware of http://www.jetspotter.com which has a local Perth spotting section and also this website http://www.aviationwa.org.au/index.html

Hmmm... I wouldn't say it was of Tonkin Highway, it was down an abandoned road off Horrie-Miller drive.
Thankyou for the links. I was aware of aviationwa, but not jetspotter, I'll have a look around there now.

EDIT: I'm not entirely happy with the photos, but here are some to sort of show the view

You went down the road where it is the link from the international terminal to the domestic terminal where is says no stopping on the road.

Helitak_670 wrote:You went down the road where it is the link from the international terminal to the domestic terminal where is says no stopping on the road.

Nope cause thats on the other side of the fence with the sign on it that says GATE 6

he went down this old road

http://www.nearmap.com/?q=@-31.967354,1 ... d=20101213

That is correct, I did post a link to google maps above.

And if anyone wants a giggle, zoom to 100m, and head over to the international terminal and have a look at the South African A340.

The 'old road' which everyone is refering to is the former Hardy Rd which used to link back to Belmont.

CC