Travel
by David Mills in Longreach, Queensland
24th Apr 2021 3:30 PM
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When the plane descends below the clouds on its approach to Longreach, perspective can't help but shift.
Looking out over those horizon-busting flat plains, you are suddenly reminded of Australia's ridiculous size, and the extraordinary distances between places.
It's weird, because you've always known these things, and yet the knowing and the seeing feel different.
Of course Australia's airline was born out here in the Outback, you find yourself thinking. It was a matter of necessity.
Qantas was created to overcome vast distance. It's in the company's DNA.