Australia Day - Joyflight Gift Voucher

Tour  Highlights

• An amazing flight over Wollongong Harbour
• Spectacular views of the Illawarra Coastline and Wollongong CBD from 500ft
• Experience the unique thrill of a helicopter take-off and landing
• Departing from our beachside base only 2km south of Wollongong Harbour
• Keep a lookout for whales and dolphins 
• Informed commentary from your friendly pilot
• A comfortable helipad viewing lounge for all your family and friends 
• Free tea and coffee before and after your experience

Itinerary

• Wollongong Harbour
• North Beach
• City Beach

Additional Info

• Headsets are available for all passengers inside the helicopter so that they can talk to eachother and share the experience while flying.
• Feel free to engage your friendly pilot for his informed narrative and commentary
• Customers should allow 45 mins in total for the whole experience including check-in, safety briefing, photo opportunity around the  helicopters, boarding, flight time and then disembarking after flight.
• Free tea and coffee facilities, as well as a comfortable viewing lounge overlooking the helipad, is available for all passengers as well as for family and friends spectating on the ground.
• Safety is paramount. All safety processes and procedures as required by Touchdown Helicopters and the governments Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) are strictly adhered to in all aspects of conducting this scenic flight.

Detailed Tour Description

Your helicopter flight will depart from our base at Wollongong Heliport, located on the coast just 2km's south of Wollongong Harbour. Even before you clear the grounds of the heliport you'll already be able to see the lighthouse at Flagstaff Point and the coastline beyond.

Climbing out of the heliport to a height of about 500ft, Wollongong City Beach will be underneath, a 3km stretch of white sand that is one of The 'Gong's most popular beaches for both swimmers and surfers alike.  As we continue to fly along City Beach, watch out for the modern day gladiatorial beachside coliseum and home to the St George Illawarra Dragons, WIN Stadium.

Although the temptation is to look down and around underneath you, make sure you look up every now and then. On a clear day you can see all the way to Jibbon Point in the Royal National Park which is only 15kms from Sydney International Airport.  Looking south, the view is consumed by Lake Illawarra, the coastline down to Kiama and the meandering Illawarra Escarpment ridgeline all the way to Saddleback  Mountain near Jamberoo.

Still only minutes after departure, you’ll be flying over the beating heart of The 'Gong. Wollongong Harbour is a working harbour with fishing trawlers regularly departing, arriving and unloading but also with cafes, restaurants, walking paths, cycles paths and coffee shops for the connoisseur. The Harbour is a tourist mecca for visitors to the area. You'll see it from the air and only a 5-minute drive from our heliport will get you amongst it all when you are back on the ground.

The lighthouse on top of Flagstaff Point has been warning off ships from the rocks below since 1936. Today it presides over the headland,  keeping its big glass eyeball on the surfers, swimmers and divers below. Wollongong Harbour's second lighthouse sits nearby in retirement since 1937. Known as The Breakwater Lighthouse it was been restored back to full function but now just provides shelter and company for the fishermen snagging their lines on the rocks at the harbour entrance.

Home to the Novotel, Skydive the Beach, Diggies Cafe and The Lagoon Restaurant - just north of Wollongong Harbour is the other local tourist hotspot, North Beach. A great spot for a surf and a swim on a hot summers day and quite often host location for beach volleyball, beach soccer and beach netball (if just laying in the sun isn't your thing).

As we turn back to base you'll get a chance to look out of your window straight down on all those people laying on the beach, exercising in the park, sipping coffee in the harbour or just sitting people watching on the Blue Mile. 

As you Touchdown back at the heliport, you'll be glad you took this great opportunity to experience the unique feel of flight in a helicopter.

What a day !!