079-080
Photo taken by: YVR Cockroach
Flying from: MEL to: LAX, 21 July 2003
Ticket price: 135k US miles
Flight duration: 14:00
Aircraft type & class: 747-400ER FC
Meal type: breakfast - Fruit salad, birchermuesli, hot brakfast of scrambled eggs, fried tomato, bacon, smoked salmon, mushrooms, sausage and potato cake
Comment: Nice breakfast which seems to be uniform bi-directionally. Cooked breakfast is a bit rich, Salmon served too warm. Fruit salas a bit on the unripe side.
Drink: tea and fruit/yoghurt energiser drink
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

077-078
Photo taken by: YVR Cockroach
Flying from: PER to MEL, 20 July 2003
Ticket price: 135k US miles
Flight duration: 2:45
Aircraft type & class: A330-200 domestic BC
Meal type: Snack - Small mediterrenean mezze (dolmado, hummus, olives and veg) appetizer, Turkish flat bread sandwich or stewed chicken (grisly) of some sort, ONE chocolate-covered macadamia nut
Drink: wine
Comments: Chicken was pretty unappetising. Appetiser was the best. Surprisingly everyone in the BC cabin ate it despite the short overnight flight. Appetiser and main are smaller versions of the daytime versions.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3

075-076
Photo taken by: Angeline Kao
Flying from HKG to SYD, 19 July 2003
Flight Duration: About 8hrs45mins
Aircraft Type & class: 747-400, economy
Meal Type: Breakfast - Orange Juice, Yoghurt, Fruit salad, Chinese breakfast of chicken rice roll and shrimp dumpling, muffin
Drink: Tea
Comments: the dim sum was nice
Rate: 7

075-076
Photo taken by: Angeline Kao
Flying from HKG to SYD, 19 July 2003
Flight Duration: About 8hrs45mins
Aircraft Type & class: 747-400, economy
Meal Type: Dinner - Tomato and Cucumber salad, chicken fricassee with potatoes, blueberry cheesecake, chocolate
Comments: Cake was good. Meal was okay, but I hope they can do better than only two small pieces of chicken.
Rate: 5

073-074
Photo taken by: Ken
Flying from: Melbourne MEL to Sydney SYD, 19 July 2003
Flight duration: 1hrs 00mins
Aircraft type & class: economy Boeing 767-300,
Meal type: snack - Macadamia nuts, Brusschetta and Tzatziki Dip.
Drink: Water and Coke
Comments: What exactly is Tzatziki? It tasted like tartar sauce. nevertheless, it\'s quite nice.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5.5

072
Photo taken by: Ken
Flying from: ADL to Melbourne MEL, 19 July 2003
Flight duration: 1hrs 10mins
Aircraft type & class: economy Boeing 737-300|Boeing 737-400|Boeing 737-500,
Meal type: lunch - main - Sandwich with ham, lettuce and cheese. Cadbury Chocolate
Drink: Water and Coke
Comments: Better than expected. Certainly better than the so called dinner I had a couple of months ago from MEL-SYD (pic # 053)
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

070-071
Photo taken by: Ken
Flying from: Sydney SYD to ADL, 12 July 2003
Flight duration: 2hrs 10mins
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-800 (BBJ2/C-40)|Boeing 737-900, economy
Meal type: snack, Chocolate Brownie, Crackers, Cheddar Cheese
Drink: Water and Coke
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

068-069
Photo taken by: callum
Flying from: Singapore to Sydney, 9 July 2003
Flight duration: 7 hours
Aircraft type: boeing 747 - 400, First Class
Meal type: morning refreshment - fresh tropical fruit with lime wedges, Cinnamon Brioche, Penne with Roasted Red and Yellow Capsicum Sauce.
Drink: "sunraysia Liquid Fruit" Mango Juice
Comments: tasty
Rating: 8

067
Photo taken by: callum
Flying from: Singapore to London, 23 July 2003
Flight duration: 12.5 hours
Aircraft type: Boeing 747-400, First Class
Meal type: lunch - indian lentil soup with coriander sambal
Drink: coke
Comments: salty
Rating: 6

066
Photo taken by: callum
Flying from: Sydney to Cairns, 18 July 2003
Flight duration: 3 hours
Aircraft type: boeing 767-300,business
Meal: poached eggs, mushrooms, tomato, toast, fruit bread, fruit salad
Drink: orange juice/water/tea/coffee
Comments: toast was rock solid but other than that it was a very good meal, coupled with great service.
Rating: 9

064
Photo taken by: Mike
Flying from: SYD to MEL, 28 June 2003
Ticket price: $A75
Flight duration: 1 hour 10 mins
Aircraft type & class: 767 - 338
Meal type: Dinner - Focacca roll with Japanese chicken, snow pea and soba noodle salad with soy/chilli dressing followed by a small chocolate bar
Drink: water plus choice of soft drink, beer and wine extra
Comments: very tasty salad, tender chicken, tasty dressing and crunchy vegetables. Qantas new 'contempory' menus seem to be a very hit or miss affair - this was definitely a 'hit'; but where has the tea and coffee gone?
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

063
Photo taken by: Mike
Flying from: BNE to SYD, 28 June 2003
Ticket price: $A75
Flight duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Aircraft type & class: 767 -338
Meal type: Dinner - Foccaca roll with ham, Swiss cheese and salami anti-pasto salad and a small pack of mints to take away the taste of the salad
Drink: Water plus choice of soft drink - beer and wine extra
Comments: Nice roll, shame about the salad, it was nasty. This is supposed to be part of Qantas' improved product - this is the first flight on which there has been no tea or coffee on offer to the passengers.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 2

062
Photo taken by: Mike
Flying from: MEL to BNE, 22 June 2003
Ticket price: $A150
Flight duration: 2 hours
Aircraft type & class: 767-238
Meal type: morning snack - miniature apple, fruit scone with jam and clotted cream
Drink: water and a choice of tea or coffee
Comments: very light snack for a 2 hour flight - should have had some breakfast before leaving home
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4 for the snack, 6 for the presentation

061
Photo taken by: Mike
Flying from: SYD to MEL, 11 June 2003
Ticket price: $46 + 5000 frequent flyer points to upgrade
Flight duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Aircraft type & class: 767-300 ER
Meal type: Snack - 3 marinated prawns on a bed of lettuce, with artichoke and orange and a focaccia roll. Cheddar cheese, dried apricots and crackers.
Drink: water pre take-off, red, or white wine then tea or coffee offered with the meal, other drinks on demand
Comments: Prawns tasty, but a small serving really. The cheese was excellent, could have sat eating that for the whole flight especially with the gorgeous red wine they served.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8, I wanted to repeat the journey just for the cheese and wine!