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    Here's some pics of the flight to Boulia. The first is climbing out of Mt. Isa. Looks like a Home Depot down there. On final approach to Boulia, this this Shrike Commander came out of nowhere! Thought about doing an Air Force style section landing for a moment, but decided to make a 360 instead!
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    Quote Originally Posted by PRB View Post
    Here's some pics of the flight to Boulia. The first is climbing out of Mt. Isa. Looks like a Home Depot down there. On final approach to Boulia, this this Shrike Commander came out of nowhere! Thought about doing an Air Force style section landing for a moment, but decided to make a 360 instead!
    IIRC those 'Home Depot' style structures are Pubs or Knocking Shops.........or both!
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    Made a few minor changes to the Spartan's paintscheme while we were stopped.
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    Got an offer to fly some tourists around. What could go wrong??
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    Some snaps on the route.
    Out of Birdsville, the cross-roads town.
    Chasing the Great White Whale.
    Down at the Moomba Gas and Oil Field (YOOM). OOM is where PMDGs go to their final resting place.
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    This is a Flight 19 journey that is close to heart and wish I wasn't missing. I see some ozx stuff there, but sheesh default Australia looks nasty. Hope all are well. Regards, PM.

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    Hey PM! You know you're welcome to join up anytime. I was having crash to desk top issues with some of the scenery, so I uninstalled it.
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    In Port Agusta (YPAG), there is something top secret stored in one of the hangars and is under constant guard.

    This photo was smuggled out a month ago at a great cost to a certain individual. Not sure I want to wander too far around the ramp when we arrive.


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    O'Boy! what have we got ourselves into this time!

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    Bet that thing will fit inside the C-46 if I kick those tourists out.
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    Not often you are greeted by a sheep.


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    Here is a picture of Dudley and I pedaling as fast as we can trying to catch us a whale, Ah....but no luck!

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    Bright lights, big city. Inbound to Adelaide in the middle of the night.


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    Had some panel lighting issues (self inflicted) last night. In the electrical shop this morning.
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    Amazing what one can do with duct tape, tie wraps, a can of red spray paint, a big hammer and a sharp stick..... I've got panel lights again.
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    We put Adelade behind us and headed across the bay to Port Lincoln. Great flight even if I did almost run off the end of the runway on landing. Hope there's an Autozone here so I can get some new brake pads.
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    Autozone didn't have the brake pads, but Santa Claus apparently runs early down under.
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    Nice flight to Ceduna. If you squint your eyes at a Stratoliner, you can see the inner B-17.
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    Into Coober Pedy which is halfway between Adelaide and Alice Springs. Quite hot here most of the year so many locals live underground with the opals.






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    A couple of shots of our Coober Pedy arrival

    It's out there somewheres



    I don't have the scenery installed, so it's kind of barren here except for the gravel runway and ramp, a fuel hose reel and the perimiter fence. Maybe the terminal is underground as well.

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    O.T. I had to laugh when I saw this. Actually I didn't notice it until one of the guys working on restoring the planes at the RAAF Amberly Aviation Heritage Center pointed it out to us. This museum is open to the public only once a month, but is available on Tuesdays and Thursday to people who have access to the RAAF base, which we did. Consequently, we were the only "tourists" there when we visited on the day before we left Australia, and a couple of the men working on various restoration projects gave us a private tour. It was very cool. One of the planes there is this one, a DHC-4 "Boo". See the round yellow things just in front of each landing gear strut? Cement blocks! Placed there to prevent the Boo and other planes parked outdoors from blowing away when the big wind storms come through!

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    Love it! Although it is missing the fuel status and drift-o-meter gauges. They need to run it through FSPS.
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    Found this out behind the hanger a few days ago. A little cleaning up and it's almost ready for flight duty now.
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    PRB, that's a great museum. But I must admit its been a very long long time now since I was there (15 years or more.) I was in the Raaf air cadets. They were restoring a Catalina and a A-20. We crawled though the Cat. The radio operators position up in the Wing fillet was a cool spot. Had a few rides in the back of various Caribou's. They were a personal favourite. Spent many afternoons sat down by the runway watching F-111's and KC-707's doing touch and go's. Glad you had a nice trip to Brissy (my hometown).

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    I was there in January 2001 and was shown right through the area. I did not see a Catalina anywhere nor was there an A-20. An A-20 was being restored at Amberley for the RAAF Museum at Point Cook. There was a Beaufort fuselage and several other pieces of the Beaufort but no larger aircraft.


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