Someone above said wouldn’t they have headed to Rabaul?
Someone else pointed out tired, fatigued, and on it goes....
Turned around for the contingency plan and at that point would probably have been desperate for any land let alone an airstrip.
Find land... no more fuel... into the trees...
There’s one way to put this to bed... HELP DAVID RAISE 10 grand. I’ve donated enough for one shovel however if there is a commitment I’ll up that to 5 shovels (BTW I gave $100, yes an expensive shovel).
So there have been a lot of views of this post, a lot of replies, what’s $100 to you... Go on you know you want to!!!