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Final days for the Birdsville punt??

Bit of random News from Weatherzone ... Floodwaters which have cut the Birdsville Track in the outback for months are receding fast. A car ferry has been operating on the Cooper Creek since June to get travellers and locals past the waters, in the far north-east of South Australia. Alan Morris from the Transport Department…
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Chris Bray One-day Photography Course

I did a one-day photography course at Taronga Zoo in Sydney last Friday - awesome, just awesome. It was led by Chris Bray, adventurer, photographer and general maniac really.  Who puts their body through arduous adventuring like that, without a gun to their head? Anyway, man can he take a photograph and, better still, he…
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Tropical Hot Spots

Just back from a packed fortnight of tropical temps, beautiful sunsets, crosswinds, headwinds & tailwinds. A week each in Darwin & Alice Springs got the work part of the trip out of the way, with lots of flying hours amongst it all to get us around. So, before I forget, I have a couple of…
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Cockpit fever

There's a lot to be said for loving your job. Spending five or six hours a day in the confined space of a c172 cockpit may not be a diary highlight for most, but it beats the hell out of the kitchen sink. There's not an iron in sight up here and I'm happily in…
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