The Best of Australia from the Sky

Experience the beauty of Australia from above in this compilation, which was created with footage from the various Australia drone video collections at AirVuz.  You'll be treated to bird's eye views of great cities such as Sydney and Melbourne, natural sites such as the Blue Mountains, the Outback, and more.

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Check out this fantastic drone video from Australia, compliments of AirVuz contributor Alexander Schmidt Photography.  This DVOW nominated video was shot in the course of a trip between Sydney and Melbourne, the country's two largest cities, both of which are based in the southeastern quadrant of the country-continent.  The coastal driving distance between the two cities is a bit over 1k km (around 640 mi.), illustrating the enormous length of the Australian coastline.  Take in the fantastic views of beaches, coastal cliffs, iconic lighthouses, and more.  

Former Drone Video of the Week/Month Winner Tiborianer brings us this stunning travel video record of a trip between Melbourne and Sydney, Australia's second-largest and largest cities.  Filmed primarily with a DJI Mavic 3 drone, the video features stunning footage from along this roughly 900 mi. journey (1.4k km) along the coastal route.  Highlights include a stunning shot of Sydney's Harbor Bridge just before the :40 mark, some epic surfing shots starting at around :55, and a dramatic view of the Sydney skyline at 2:00.  

Take in these fantastic drone views from eastern Australia, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot Simonology.  Shot with a DJI Air 2S, his 2021 reel includes footage of the following locations: Kiama, Nelson Bay, Hat Head National Park, Red Rock, South West Rocks, and Byron Bay, all in the state of New South Wales; and  Lamington National Park, Springbrook National Park, the Glass House Mountains, Shorncliffe Pier, and Moreton Island, all in the neighboring (northern) state of Queensland.  

Top AirVuz contributor earned a spot as a DVOW Finalist with this fantastic aerial video from the harbor of Sydney, Australia.  At about the :26 mark, you'll see the famous Harbor Bridge, which connects the CBD to the harbor's North Shore.  Starting at around :37, the focus shifts to the Opera House, which is located just east of the bridge and is perhaps Australia's most iconic spot.  At around 1:08, you'll see the Sydney Tower, and at 1:50 there's a magnificent shot of the Opera House with the skyscrapers of the CBD in the background.  

Check out this magnificent drone video of Australia's Great Ocean Road, compliments of top AirVuz contributor hamzamuj.  The road runs for 243 km (about 150 mi.) on the country's southeastern coast in the state of Victoria. The Great Australian Road was built in the years following the First World War and is dedicated to the tens of thousands of Australians who perished in the conflict.  The video features footage from some of the most well-known spots along its course, including Point Addis, Loch Ard Gorge, and Sparks Gully.  

Australia-based RavenAir is one of the top professional aerial filming companies in the world.  Hailing from Melbourne, their work has included TV shows, commercials, documentaries, and other high profile assignments filmed in a wide variety of environments.  With aerial views of massive shipyards, a cattle heard, glaciers, mountains, and skyscrapers, their 2018 demo reel was nominated for the Drone Video of the Week and was picked as a Finalist in the Reels category for the second annual Drone Video Awards.  

Explore the Australian state of Victoria from above in this fantastic drone video by new AirVuz contributor and pilot SGRvisuals.  Extremely well edited, the video alternates between shots of Melbourne, the Victorian capital and Australia's second-largest city, and views of Victoria's interior and undeveloped stretches of its coastline.  The video was shot with a DJI Mini 3 Pro drone, which weighs less than eight oz. (around 249 g) and is exempt from many drone regulations due to its light weight.  

Drone pilot and videographer Jaxon Roberts is one of the most popular contributors on AirVuz. His piece from New South Wales, "Byron Bay", is the most-watched video on AirVūz; it's racked up well over a million views and was a nominee for the 2017 Drone Video Awards in the "People" category.  This video, which consists of 100% aerial footage, was shot in various places around his native Australia.  It's a peaceful yet eerie view of the Land Down Under.  Epic Earth was selected as a Finalist for the Drone Video of the Week award in June of 2018.

Would you drop everything and buy a one-way ticket to Australia? Would it be worth the risk? It was for the duo behind backpackpassion. Follow their incredible journey road tripping along Australia’s east coast with a DJI Mavic Pro drone. When you see this DVOW Finalist video you'll appreciate that New South Wales and Queensland aren't just about the big coastal cities; they have endless coastlines and expansive interiors.  Spoiler alert – you will also see some wild horses and a couple kangaroos.  

Take an aerial tour of eastern Australia in this fantastic travel video by former Drone Video of the Week Finalist Itay sorin.  The trip begins in Cairns, on the northern coast of the state of Queensland.  At the :34 mark, there's an epic shot of a whale and cub swimming off the Queensland coast, followd by a view of Wallaman Falls.  As you head south along the coastline, you'll see sights such as Cape Byron Lighthouse in New South Wales (1:34), skyscrapers of Gold Coast (2:35), the harbor of Sydney (2:40), and much more.  

Lake Eildon is the central feature of the Lake Eildon National Park in the Central Highlands region of Victoria, Australia. The 68,600-acre national park is just 69 miles (111 kilometers) northeast of Melbourne. The lake has experienced several droughts in the last 2 decades, leaving considerable economic hardship for the local community, something that may be experienced again with this drought. See it for yourself in this moving piece by contributor littleviking; this video was a Finalist for the Drone Video of the Week

Prepare to be amazed by this amazing tour of Australia's Northern Territory, compliments of top contributor and Vlogger Sandrine Hecq.  This vast territory, which reaches from Australia's northern coast deep into the massive Outback, has some of the country's most spectacular nartural scenery.  The video includes epic aerials of many of these sights, including Alligator Gorge, a kangaroo orphanage in Josephine, the famous  Uluru (Ayers Rock), Kata Tjuta (Olgas), Watarrka (Kings Canyon), and more.

The Commonwealth of Australia is the sovereign nation that encompasses the Australian continent, Tasmania, and several other small islands. The name “Australia” is derived from the Latin words “Terra Australis” or a southern land. Commonly referred to as “The Land Down Under” or just down under, the country is known for its incredible landscape that is largely untouched. Drone pilot Joe.images, took a trip down under with his wife and put together this exciting montage to remember the vacation. 

Top photographer Scott Bauer took his captures of the great state of Western Australia to new heights when he put both aerial perspective and motion into his work via his DJI Phantom 4 drone.  His native state gave him plenty of scenic locations too; this 2018 drone reel - nominated for Drone Video of the Week in October 2018 -  shows plenty of jaw-dropping and wonderfully artistic glimpses of the area endearingly referred to as West Oz, including Margaret River, and the coastal surf just south of Perth.

Content creator and pilot lewis blackburn media is literally over the edge in this drone footage of Australia's Blue Mountains in the eastern state of New South Wales. The massive rock face he sits upon drops straight down into the mossy landscape below with a trickling waterfall flowing beside it. His aerial shots pan across to capture the Three Sisters sandstone formations that are one of the main distinctive features of the landscape here.  This video was a Finalist for the Drone Video of the Week.

Former Drone Video of the Week Finalist Gizmo Drones brings us this excellent drone video of Canberra, the capital city of Australia.  Canberra is a planned city which was built to serve as the national capital following the establishment of Australia as an independent country in the early 20th century.  Canberra is the main city of the Australian Federal District, a landlocked territory which was carved out of the territory of the state of New South Wales and which is directly administered by the national government.  

Top AirVuz contributor and Australian FPV drone pilot Arbee Aerials brings us this outstanding FPV reel of his 2022 highlights.   The video features a nice mix of landscape, seascape, cityscape, and action shots from across the land Down Under.  At the :20 mark, you'll buzz a parasailer flying off some coastal cliffs, and at around the :40 mark you'll fly over the Melbourne Star Ferris wheel.  Further on, you'll dive a giant waterfall, chase mountain bikes and drift cars, explore the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, and more.  

The title says it all. Take a trip surfing, snorkeling, jet skiing, boating, suntanning, and whale watching in this water adventure piece by contributor and pilot azure_co. Shot on a DJI Phantom 3 along the stunning shoreline of the state of Western Australia, it's pretty amazing what the group was able to capture on what is now considered an older drone. So impressive, in fact, the video was nominated as a finalist in the Extreme Sports category for the second annual AirVuz Drone Video Awards. 

Australian drone pilot Jaxon Roberts is known for his highly creative, people-oriented drone videos.  His video entitled "Byron Bay", which stars the well-known yogi Sally Mustang, has well over a million views on AirVuz and was a Drone Video Awards Finalist.  In this video, he creates an amazing music video featuring three artists who come from different genres that merge together in this music video. Shot throughout Australia from above, this video was a finalist for the AirVuz Drone Video of the Week Contest.

Returning to AirVuz after a two year hiatus, former Drone Video Award Finalist RavenAir brings us this spectacular drone video from Melbourne, Australia as the great port city endured a lockdown to combat the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in August and September of 2020.  The video features footage of some of the city's top sights, including the Melbourne Shrine, the Royal Exhibition building, the Melbourne Star Ferris wheel, Docklands Stadium, Melbourne Town Hall, West Gate Bridge, Prince's Pier, and more.  

Top contributor and drone pilot Scientik created this marvelous drone video from a trip to Australia.  The footage was shot around the state of New South Wales, which covers much of southeastern Australia.  The video alternates between the two most widely-recognized natural features of NSW.  The first is its long coastline, where spectacular cliffs drop down to the sea in places and create secluded beaches in others.  The other is the Blue Mountains area in the interior of the state, which features incredible rock formations.  

The Australian state of New South Wales is the largest state in Australia by population.  It occupies most of the southern half of its endless eastern coastline, between the state of Queensland to the north and the state of Victoria to the south.  Top contributor BigHeadGreg used a DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone to create this marvelous aerial tour of areas of NSW outside of Sydney, which includes aerial footage of the Blue Mountains, Royal National Park, Palm Beach, Jervis Bay and Seas Cliff Bridge.   

Tasmania is an island state of Australia, the only one of the eight (including the two territories) not on the mainland.  The island sits about 250 km (150 mi) off the southeast mainland coast, closest to the state of Victoria.  The state is made up of the main island (one the world's 30 largest) plus several hundred islets.  Contributor Minglam flew a drone over the island, which at one point was a British penal colony.  The video he created will give you a bird's eye view of all that Tasmania has to offer.    

Perth is the capital of Western Australia, the vast state which would be a large country on its own.  Roughly 80% of Western Australia's 2.5 million inhabitants live in this city on the Indian Ocean, making it the fourth largest city in the country after Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.  The city is extremely remote from other Australian cities, the closest one being Adelaide nearly 2.7k km (1.5k mi) away.  Using a DJI Inspire 2 drone, contributor Intrepid Drone Services created this memorable aerial video of Perth at sunset.  

Contributor MantaMattMedia created this epic drone video of Heron Island, a coral cay located on the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef off of eastern Australia.  The Great Barrier Reef is the largest system of coral reefs in the world.  It is situated in the Coral Sea, which separates mainland Australia from the South Pacific islands such as New Caledonia.  Heron Island is one of the few inhabited islands amongst the 900 islands which make up the great Reef, and a popular departure point for divers.

Rottnest Island is situated off the coast of Western Australia, just a short distance due west from Perth, the capital of the state.  Using a DJI Phantom 4 drone and a GoPro Hero 5 mounted to a DJI Osmi, top content creator and pilot Sandrine Hecq gives us an aerial view of an epic boat party held off the island to celebrate the Australia Day holiday.  Held on January 26th every year, the national holiday commemorates the arrival of the first British ships in Sydney Harbor in the 18th century. 

Check out these spectacular drone views from the heart of Australia's eastern coastline, compliments of new contributor Oz Straya Panoramas.  The video features footage from the following spots in southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales: Woorim Beach, Bribie Island; Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast; Mount Beerwah, Glasshouse Mountains; Toolona Creek, Lamington National Park; Lower Beechmont (Hinze Dam); Wooyung Beach, Tweed Coast; Toolona Creek, Lamington National Park; Brunswick Heads, Tweed Coast; Carr's Lookout, and more.

Check out these stunning drone views of Brisbane, Australia by AirVuz contributor and pilot Northeast Drone Productions.  The video opens with some excellent shots of the skyscrapers of the city's Central Business District, which lies along the left bank of the Brisbane River.  At the :35 mark, you'll see the Wheel of Brisbane Ferris Wheel, and at the 1:19 mark you'll see the Eagle Street Pier.  Australia's third-largest city and capital of the state of Queensland, Brisbane was recently picked as the host city for the 2032 Summer Olympics.

Behold this marvelous video of the beautiful city of Adelaide, Australia from top contributor Sandrine Hecq.  The capital of the state of South Australia, Adelaide offers a more relaxed urban environment compared to Sydney and Melbourne.  While its skyline lacks the skyscrapers of some of Australia's other large cities, its natural backdrop makes it amongst the most attractive.  Situated on the St. Vincent Gulf, the coastline around Adelaide is backed by high cliffs, beyond which lies the Outback.

The state of South Australia covers an enormous land area - well over a million square km or around 400k square mi., roughly the combined size of the USA states of Texas and California.  With most of the state's population concentrated in Adelaide and other towns along its southern coast, the state's interior is home to some of the most remote territory on earth.  The South Australian "Outback" is the subject of this stunning drone video by petraleary, which was filmed in collaboration with Ford Australia.        

Like Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Australia's Sydney is known for being home to some of the world's best beaches. The most famous of these is Bondi Beach, which sits to the southeast of the city center.  Contributor Potent Sky took his DJI Mavic Pro out to Bondi Beach to capture some remarkable 4K aerial footage of the area.  Highlights include bird's eye views of the Bronte coastal walk, Bronte Beach, Tamarama Beach, and Bondi Icebergs.  It's one of the draws that has made Sydney one of the world's top destinations.

This recap of a trip to Western Australia is another gem by contributor and travel vlogger Merr Watson. She visited Esperance, a small city on the lightly populated southern coast of WA.  In Merr's own words: “words cannot describe how truly beautiful Esperance is with its stunning white, sandy beaches, rocky coastlines, extremely turquoise waters and magical sunsets. It had left me breathless and I never wanted to leave!”  Watch the video and you will likely share her sentiment! 

The photogenic traveling couple known as the Flip Flop Squad bring us this fantastic drone video from one of the most iconic sites in Australia.  It's a giant rock known variously as Ayers Rock and Iluru.  The huge sandstone formation is located near the center of the country, in the Northern Territories.  The great rock is considered sacred to the two aboriginal groups which live here, and is home to many stone paintings and artifacts.  It's fantastically remote - the nearest town (Alice Springs) is 335 km (210 mi.) to the northeast.  

In this video from Western Australia, top contributor Merr Watson wonders aloud what about nature inspires each of us. Narrating her answer over stunning aerial shots of the countryside, she says it inspires her because it reminds her that there is something so much bigger than each of us, keeping us truly present in the moment and reminding us that there is always room to grow.  Western Australia is one of the six states (plus two territories) of this massive country, covering most of its western half. 

Prepare to be amazed by this incredible drone video from the MacDonnell Ranges, a chain of mountains in the Australian Outback.  The range consists of a series of parallel ridges which run both west and east of the town of Alice Springs, in the southern part of the vast Northern Territory.  The highest peak in the range, Mount Zeil, has a summit elevation of just over 5k ft. above sea level (around 1.5k m).  Formed between 300-350 million years ago, the MacDonnell Ranges are known in particular for their gaps and gorges.  

In this excellent 2023 reel by AirVuz contributor Oz Straya Panorama, you'll explore the heart of Eastern Australia, an area bounded roughly by the Sunshine Coast area of Queensland to the north, the Tweed Heads area of New South Wales to the south, and the Great Dividing Range to the west.  Highlights of the reel include the Glass House Mountains starting at the :08 mark, Lake Wivenhoe (:40), migrating whales on the Tweed Coast (1:14), Downtown Brisbane (1:38), Cook Island at Fingal Head (1:51), and more.  

Check out this fantastic drone video of Darwin, Australia, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot Drone King in Darwin.  Darwin is the capital of the Northern Territory, the vast province which covers the north-central part of the country.  The city is part of the Top End, as the northern part of the Northern Territory is known, which features a tropical climate vastly different from the arid environment of the NT's interior.  With a population of about 150k, Darwin was Australia's eighth-largest city as of 2020.  

Top AirVuz contributor and former DVA Finalist Jaxon_roberts brings us this stunning piece from a little-known Australian archipelago called the Cocos Islands.  Located in the Indian Ocean far to the west of the Australian mainland in what is considered Southeast Asia, the Cocos (sometimes called the Keeling Islands), consists of about two-dozen small coral islands, of which only two are inhabited.  Together with Christmas Island (which sits between the Cocos and the mainland of Western Australia) form the Australian Indian Ocean Territories.  

Contributor Pdidii created this magnificent video record of an epic road trip through some of the vast expanses of Australia.  The video opens with an excellent hyperlapse of Sydney Harbor and the iconic Harbor Bridge, then shifts to a beach hyperlapse.  From there it's on to the Outback, the gigantic area that isn't precisely defined but in its broadest definition includes the entire interior of the country.   Here you can follow along on a trip that goes all the way to Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territories.  

Former Drone Video of the Week Winner oculusfilms brings us this fantastic drone video of Tangalooma Wrecks, a well-known "shipwreck" site in the eastern Australian state of Queensland.  The site is located off the western coast of Moreton Island on the northeastern side of Moreton Bay, near Brisbane.  It consists of over a dozen ships which were deliberately scuttled here in the early 1960's to form an aquatic recreation site.  It's since become an extremely popular spot for snorkeling and scuba diving.  

Top content creator Zimydakid does it again with this fantastic video from the area around Cairns in eastern Australia.  Cairns is the hottest ecotourism destination in Australia; it's the city closest to the heart of the Great Barrier Reef (which runs along most of the coast of the state of Queensland) as well as the Cape Tribulation nature area where crocodiles can be found in abundance.  In Zimydakid's well-developed style, the video features a mix of drone, ground camera, and underwater video footage.  

Off on another adventure, drone pilot and content creator Travel Lifestyle has been renting out a camper van to experience all that can be seen and done on the eastern coast of Australia. The eastern half of this massive continent-country is home to around 80% of Australia’s population and includes the Gold Coast, Queensland; Newcastle, New South Wales, and Wollongong, New South Wales. The coastal cities are massive, and the beaches are even more impressive in this drone video of Australia. 

Content creator and drone pilot CarrandDrone gives us a nice bird's eye view of the Wheat Belt in the interior of the vast state of Western Australia.  Mukinbudin is a small town with a population of less than 1,000 inhabitants, situated a few hours drive due east of the WA capital city Perth.  The video will give you a sense of the beauty and endless horizons of Western Australia, a state which is roughly 4x the size of the state of Texas in the USA by land area and dwarfs the entire Great Plains area of the USA.   

Top AirVuz contributor and first person view (FPV) piloot fpv_kushov put together this excellent annual highlight reel of some of his best FPV shots from across Australia.  Highlights include coastal cruising shots, epic dives amongst the skyscrapers of Melbourne (Australia's second-largest city and home to many of its tallest buildings, and even some aerial views of Australia's animal life.  This video was picked by the AirVuz editorial staff for the FPV Pilots to Watch list in March of 2023.