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Northern Peninsula and Torres Straight Islands

The most Northern Tip of mainland Australia is the Northern Peninsula and Bamaga. Very friendly locals that also hosted us for dinner at the Fishermans Club. Best burger and fish and chips we have had so far. On the drive back from the Northern Peninsula our driver wanted to show us a World War Plane […]

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Atherton Tablelands

We flew into Mareeba, locked up the aircraft for 6 days, hired a car and began exploring the beautiful Atherton Tablelands. About 1 hour drive from Cairns Airport for those using normal flights. Full of rich colours, from the great soils to the abundance of lush landscapes, farms, forests, and waterfalls. The area has QLD’s […]

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Longreach QLD

17 June 2021 we began this trip from the Countryside of Regional NSW then into Longreach QLD which is known as the heart of Queensland’s outback. We stayed 2 nights and spent time in town seeing much of the history still on display with old cobb and co horse drawn carriages and old trucks. The […]

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Above the clouds Bankstown to Walgett

We planned our getaway early Friday morning and with storms coming from South NSW thru to Newcastle we got ahead of most of it. We departed Bankstown for Longreach. refuelling in Walgett then overflew Charleville for a landing at Longreach. From Bankstown we flew above the clouds. Originally 6000FT but cautious that the forecast for […]

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Sydney Flying is travelling to Longreach, Atherton Tablelands, Cairns, Torres Straits, Townsville, Lightning Ridge, Dubbo, etc

Members update: June and July will be busy, yet fun and filled with great culture, parks, tablelands, inland and coastal. Special focus for a week will be some island hoping including Torres Straights.   Departing Sydney for and arriving late afternoon for dinner in Longreach. Things to see and do: Visitors to Longreach can easily […]

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