back to Corunna Downs
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 5:53 amwe fly past the town of Marble Bar
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and we cross the bar itself in the Coongan River, to turn toward the SSE
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and we follow the Camel Creek across the Warrawoona greenstone belt
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the airfield on the right
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we turn before the Corunna Downs station (read 'My Place' by Sally Morgan)
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to line up with the runway
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OK, the strip is a bit old nowadays (although my wife flew in and out of there with a C-47 in 1993)
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but great to drive over with a car, so why not with an aircraft?
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all the old dispersal bays are still there, but we'll leave them for now
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ready to go
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jk9951 and we cross the bar itself in the Coongan River, to turn toward the SSE
jk9957 and we follow the Camel Creek across the Warrawoona greenstone belt
jk9959 the airfield on the right
jk9963 we turn before the Corunna Downs station (read 'My Place' by Sally Morgan)
jk9965to line up with the runway
jk9966OK, the strip is a bit old nowadays (although my wife flew in and out of there with a C-47 in 1993)
jk9969 but great to drive over with a car, so why not with an aircraft?
jk9978 all the old dispersal bays are still there, but we'll leave them for now
jk9974 ready to go
jk9976
