Gladstone: Choose Your Flight Experience
Tour 1 — The Gladstone Hot Lap
Duration: 5 minutes
Price: $70 per person
The perfect introduction to Gladstone from above.
Lift off from Gladstone Airport and take in a fascinating mix of city, harbour and industry, with views across the Clinton Coal Terminal, Calliope River and Gladstone township.
A quick flight with a completely different perspective on Gladstone and its surrounds.
Short, spectacular and packed with local highlights.
Tour 2 — City and Harbour Explorer
Duration: 10 minutes
Price: $115 per person
Discover Gladstone from above as you soar across the city towards the harbour and coastline.
Take in Tondoon Botanic Gardens, East Shores and Gladstone Harbour, with sweeping views towards Curtis and Facing Islands.
Continue towards Boyne Island before returning via the aluminium refinery, Clinton Coal Terminal, Calliope River and Gladstone township.
City. Harbour. Islands. See the best of Gladstone from above.
Tour 3 — Tannum Discovery
Duration: 15 minutes
Price: $175 per person
Go further and discover the incredible contrast of Gladstone’s city, coastline and islands from above.
Capture the stunning scenery of the Gladstone Region as you fly over Tondoon Botanic Gardens and Boyne Island before continuing towards Tannum Sands, where the coastline opens up beneath you.
Take in sweeping views across Curtis and Facing Islands before returning past Gladstone’s impressive industrial landscape, including the aluminium refinery, Clinton Coal Terminal, power station and Calliope River.
More coastline. More islands. More of the Gladstone Region waiting to be discovered.
Tour 4 — Yellow Patch Spectacular
Duration: 30 minutes
Price: $315 per person
This is where the scenery really starts showing off.
Leave Gladstone behind and head towards Curtis Island, admiring the incredible views across the harbour and coastline as you make your way towards one of the region’s hidden gems — Yellow Patch.
From above, see the striking contrast of golden sand dunes, crystal-clear waters, secluded coastline and boats tucked into the sheltered waters below, before continuing around Curtis Island and taking in views of the lighthouse.
Return along the coast with a completely different outlook across Gladstone Harbour, the Clinton Coal Terminal, power station, aluminium refinery and township.
Leave the harbour behind and let the coastline steal the show!
Ultimate Reef Experience
Duration: 60 minutes
Price: $550 per person
The ultimate Gladstone bucket-list experience!
From industry to islands and out to the Southern Great Barrier Reef, this flight showcases just how extraordinary the Gladstone Region is from above.
Lift off over Gladstone township and harbour, taking in the impressive Clinton Coal Terminal before heading towards Curtis Island and the striking golden sands of Yellow Patch.
Continue past Facing Island and leave the coastline behind as you head across the Coral Sea towards Polmaise Reef and Mast Head Reef.
Watch the ocean transform beneath you into incredible shades of blue and turquoise as coral reef systems begin to appear below.
Continue past spectacular Wistari Reef before reaching Heron Island, where you’ll enjoy a full aerial circuit of this incredible coral cay, surrounded by reef, lagoon and endless ocean.
On the journey home, fly back across the reef systems with the chance to spot marine life and coal ships anchored offshore, before returning across Gladstone Harbour and back to the airport.
From town and harbour to islands, turquoise waters and coral reef, this is the flight that brings the very best of Gladstone and the Southern Great Barrier Reef together in one incredible experience.
The harbour. The islands. The reef. One spectacular flight. One bucket-list experience.
