The flight started on Friday night 2315 on the 25th May 2007 when I departed from the domestic terminal in Perth WA.   In due course I arrived next morning in Brisbane Qld and boarded a bus for Grafton NSW where I was met by the A/C owner who took me back to his place for a well earned rest. Next morning (Sunday) I awoke early to inspect the A/C and sign the various documents and transactions, the A/C was ours.
The countryside over the east was beautiful and green and it was a pleasant change compared to the dry dusty western part of the country....  Read More

This experience started with a phone call from my friend Rusty Jenkins.     He asked me if I would like to present myself to Kilcoy air field and have a last look at the Bilby as we are moving to W.A at the beginning of August 2005.  My response was yes I would love to if I was allowed to bring some members of the family. �Please do�, was his reply. The time was stipulated and in due course we arrived at the nominated time and in the right location.....    Read More

We flew to the West of the Highway at 1500 AGL past Brunswick, where a lot of minerals sand mining continues, and thence to Roelands where we started the climb to Collie. As we climbed we could see that there was quite a lot of fluff drifting our way. From our perspective, it seemed very thick, but on climbing through a hole of which there were many, we could see that it was basically early morning cloud drifting our way. The air was smooth as silk and calm in contrast to...    Read More