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Old Jan 1, 2005 | 5:26 am
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Dino2020
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
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its $5 cheaper to fly over the harbour in a helicopter Per person than bridge climb and you can take as many photos as you like and also some video, pictures of what I want to remember not a picture of what some one else wants me to remember, and pay a premium for other pictures, for some one with a choice of the two there is no competition, up, up and away

I used to think helicopters would be very expensive but they are not, I have done 2 now and have so many good pictures and video to remind me of what I experienced, my girlfrind wanted to see the view from the top and said we should do the bridge climb, we looked in to it, saw how much a helicopter tour was and thought NO WAY.

no worse than the French though and the greedy prices for the Eiffel Tower.

Dino


Originally Posted by Latitudes
In terms of costs, I heard that BridgeClimb pay a huge fee to the City of Sydney for the access to the bridge. From what I understand, the harbor bridge has really high maintenance costs. I guess BridgeClimb has to pay its share of the bill, hence the hefty fees.

Plus, I think that the insurance premium for them is much higher than for helicopter operators.

Personally, I think the cost is on the steep side, but no worse than the $300+ for a helicopter ride over Kaua'i.
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