Oz from 35,000 Feet:

I caught the train back to the airport and caught my flight to Perth. The plane was packed full. I took my window seat and discovered that I was in the only row on a 767 that does not have a window. Great. I wanted to see Australia as we flew across. Now I could see was a wall. I asked the flight attendant to see if should get me a seat with a view. The passenger in the row behind me heard me a switched rows. Very nice!

There was a of clouds, but I could see the ground for most of the flight. As we flew west the city and bays of Sydney gave way to what seemed like endless suburbs. After a while the terrain changed into low green rolling mountains with numerous large rivers and forests which thinned out into miles and miles of farmland. After a couple of hours we crossed the coast near Adeley into the Great Australia Bight, the enormous bay of the south coast of Australia that faces the Antarctic. Of the west coast the land was very dry, like the high Mohave deserts, with wheat fields to the south. Then a small range of green mountains and the city of Perth came into view.

Not once in the flight did a see any town larger than a few buildings. I saw perhaps only 3 roads. This middle of Oz is very, very empty.