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. And just as its founders overcame vast distances in the early 1920s in a country reeling from the Spanish flu pandemic, so too Qantas s modern executives are seeking to jump the biggest distances of all, in a world once again under siege from a virus.
Travel by David Mills in Longreach, Queensland 24th Apr 2021 3:30 PM
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Subscriber only 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.
Travel by David Mills in Longreach, Queensland 24th Apr 2021 3:30 PM
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Subscriber only 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.
Travel by David Mills in Longreach, Queensland 24th Apr 2021 3:30 PM
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Subscriber only 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.
Travel by David Mills in Longreach, Queensland 24th Apr 2021 3:30 PM
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Subscriber only 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.