Hedski - the 206 and 430 are owned and operated by Heli Reef on Hamilton Island. 206 is used doing tourism work whereas the 430 is a very multi role aircraft. During the daytime it is used to take pax to the Reefworld helipad where people spend the day diving at the reef and then at night it is used to transfer marine pilots out to the large ships as seen in the photos. This was a daytime transfer that would normally use the 206 but we swapped it out with the 430 so we could get the images you see.
The Heli Reef fleet, based at Hamilton Island includes, Bell 47G, R-44, Bell 206B, 206L and the 430. The 407 is a brand new one owned by Hawker Pacific, the Bell agents for Australia, PNG and NZ and Peter Crook just happened to have it there on demo so the timing worked out well.
TC - In my opinion I have the best job out there as I get to see all facets of the industry and showcase them for all to see, both the good and the bad. This is one of the good ones.
Mars - Drop me a PM and will see what we can come up with.
Have some other prints that I need to scan in and post which were shot at 2.30am in the morning showing the 430 sitting on the deck of a ship. These show the night time part of the operations.
Glad everyone enjoys them, thats the purpose of shooting them.
Ned