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Welcome to Wauchope International.
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The WardAir team has arrived. Landing our eight aircraft within half an hour of each other certainly got the attention of the locals.
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Premium parking no problem for our little fleet as the sun goes down.
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A cold beer, a surprisingly good feed and a comfy bed all waiting for us across the road from the strip.
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Translation .... in the middle of nowhere really.
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The area is known for this collection of perfectly rounded rocks called the Devil's Marbles.
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The publican gave us his car for the arvo to drive the ten kms to see these show ponies of the NT.
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The pub offers an unexpected oasis of garden, pool and beer garden to ease off that blood pressure once you've settled in.
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Yep, we all hopped in. Early September was still pretty tropical up here.
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Pilots on the brink of ordering their first beer ... tall stories and outrageous lies soon to follow.
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Our aircraft caught the rapt attention of a squad of kids on an outback driving trip. Look out curtis Aviation ... band of future pilots on its way!
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Oh, and their parents had to get in on the act too!
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Tyre track engineer filing his last report before bed time.
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Gotta love an Australian outback sunset on a dirt airstrip.
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NT speed limit - just so you don't die of old age driving from one end of the territory to the other.
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Non-pilots Sal and toni get stuck into their pre-takeoff duties on Piper Arrow MDL for owner/pilot Judy.
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The Gran Railway line we used as a tracker heading north towards Wauchope.
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Dried up river beds a common scene out the window on this trip, unfortunately. It's so tragically dry country
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Thanks Wauchope, and thanks Ben Saint - we'll be back!!
