Seen one a few times now - never disappointing! Most recent was departing over the Perth escarpment enroute to Melbourne - that was about 8 years ago.
I have shots here somewhere of the prototype doing wing overs at the 1988 Bicentennial Airshow at Richmond AFB.
Had 3 F/A 18's here yesterday...2 were noisy, the last was SCREAMING and boiling rumble in full afterburner at 100 ft...
THAT was something