MISSION: Join Barrington Irving today with a flight departing from Sydney, Australia to Cairns, Australia ROUTE: YSSY direct ENTRA H185 BANDA J70 CORKY H12 BOREE direct YBCS Date: October 26, 2014 Estimated Time of Departure: 2230Z Distance: 110 nm Estimated Time of Arrival: 0030Z Flight Time: 2 hours and 50 minutes Fuel: 690 gallons WEATHER OVERVIEW: YSSY: High of 21oC, low of 16oC, winds SW at 016 kts, Visibility 9 SM YBCS: High of 27oC, low of 20oC, winds SSE at 015 kts, Visibility 6 SM FUN FACTS ABOUT THE ROUTE • THE GREAT BARRIER REEF IS THE LARGEST REEF IN THE W ORLD M EASURING 2011 KM IN LENGTH AND 72 KM ACROSS AT ITS W IDEST POINT M AKING IT THE W ORLD'S LARGEST WORLD HERITAGE AREAS. • AUSTRALIA'S WET TROPICS IS A BAND OF TROPICAL RAINFOREST AND ASSOCIATED VEGETATION THAT RUNS U P T HE N ORTH -­‐EAST C OAST O F QUEENSLAND F ROM TOWNSVILLE T O COOKTOWN . THE WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTY COVERS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 894,000 HECTARES. • THE CAIRNS REGION IS HOME TO THE W ORLD'S M OST DANGEROUS BIRD -­‐ THIS IS THE CASSOWARY, WHICH IS A LARGE, FLIGHTLESS BIRD KNOWN FOR INFLICTING FATAL INJURIES TO DOGS AND HUMANS WHEN D ISTURBED .