Sydney spotting - Day 1 (morning)

For my wife, my daughter and I our day started at 3am Brisbane time as my wife and I were heading off to Sydney for the week, while my daughter was heading off to Melbourne for the week. My daughters Virgin Australia flight was departing at 6am and our Jetstar flight was supposed to leave at 7am. Our aircraft went U S and so they needed to find a replacement. It wasn't too bad; we got away one hour and fifteen minutes late.

Arriving in Sydney we headed off to get our hire car for the week and then, after grabbing a bite to eat, we went to the famous Shep's Mound. When we got there, we noticed a lot of work going on. The locals, who aren't very impressed, informed us that a new fence is being established, and it will impact spotters taking photos. At the rate they were working I would say the fence will be completed by mid-week. The upside for now is all the power poles along the taxiways have been removed make for a great photo opportunity without having avoid or to fight with poles

GULFSTREAM G650ER N83CW (MSN 6450)

LATAM AIRLINES BOEING 787-9 CC-BGI (MSN 38764)
LA800 OFF TO AUCKLAND (AKL) 9 YEARS

FIJI AIRWAYS AIRBUS A350-941 DQ-FAN (MSN 260)
FJ910 OFF TO NADI (NAN) 6 YEARS

UNITED AIRLINES BOEING 777-222 N204UA (MSN 28713)
UA870 OFF TO SAN FRANCISCO (SFO) 26 YEARS

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRBUS A350-941 B-LQC (MSN 393)
CX101 OFF TO HONG KONG (HKG) 3 YEARS

FEDEX BOEING 777

CAPITAL AIRLINES AIRBUS A330-243 B-8019 (MSN 1020)
JD480 OFF TO QINGDAO (TAO) 15 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A380-841 9V-SKN (071)
SQ232 OFF TO SINGAPORE (SIN) 14 YEARS

SCOOT BOEING 787-9 9V-OJG (MSN 37128)
TR2 OFF TO SINGAPORE (SIN) 6 YEARS

CHINA EASTERN AIRBUS A330-243 B-5941 (MSN 1484)
MU750 OFF TO WUHAN (WUH) 11 YEARS

GULFSTREAM G650ER N939SG (MSN 6555) 1 YEAR

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKK (MSN 36237)
JQ47 OFF TO SEOUL (ICN) 9 YERAS

GARUDA INDONESIA AIRBUS A330-343 PK-GPZ (MSN 1698)
GA715 OFF TO DENPASAR (DPS) 9 YEARS

CEBU PACIFIC AIRBUS A330-941RP-C3909 (MSN 2074)
5J40 OFF TO MANILA (MNL) 

XIAMEN AIR BOEING 787-8 B-2760 (MSN 41540)
MF802 OFF TO XIAMEN (XMN) 10 YEARS

SHANGHAI AIRLINES BOEING 787-9 B-1113 (MSN 63708)
MU735 ARRIVING FROM SHANGHAI (PVG) 6 YEARS

T'WAY AIRBUS A330-343 HL-8502 (MSN 1065)
TW502 OFF TO SEOUL (ICN) 15 YEARS

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS BOEING 787-9 JA921A (MSN 43865)
NH890 OFF TO TOKYO (HND) 5 YEARS

SKYTRANS DASH 8 Q200 VH-TQG (MSN 430) 
SKP2289 ARRIVING FROM LORD HOWE ISLAND (LDH) 29 YEARS

CHINA EASTERN AIRBUS A330-243 B-5943 (MSN 1520)
MU712 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 11 YEARS

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BOEING 737 MAX 8 A62-001 (MSN 67959)

NAURU AIRLINES BOEING 737-83N VH-AN2 (MSN 30660)
ON347 ARRIVING FROM BRISBANE (BNE) 21 YEARS

CATHAY PACIFIC BOEING 747-867 B-LJG (MSN 39244)
CX3128 OFF TO MELBOURNE (MEL) 13 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPD (MSN 574)
QF19 OFF TO MANILA (MNL) 21 YEARS

ALLIANCE FOKKER 70 VH-QQX (MSN 11571)
ENVOY 20 FLYING FOR THE GOVERNMENT

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4A (MSN 55253)
QF1506 ARRIVING FROM HOBART (HBA)1 YEAR

MALAYSIA AIRBUS A330-323 9M-MTG (MSN 1318)
MH122 OFF TO KUALA LUMPUR (KUL) 12 YEARS

FEDEX BOEING 777-FS2 N864FD (MSN 37735)
FX5071 ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE (SIN) 12 YEARS

VIETNAM AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 VN-A888 (MSN 016)
VN787 ARRIVING FROM HANOI (HAN) 9 YEARS