Hi cooperplace, and thanks for the anecdote.
Speaking of Tasmania, I recall once boarding an RPT BAE146 at Hobart via a hangar due to some technical issues, and I distinctly remember a bunch of women going all giggly at the sight of a parked Beechcraft Super King Air and how cute it was that this little aeroplane could actually fly paying passengers.
The Vickers Vimy needs to be out there and in the face of our current flying punters, i.e at the entrance - after all, lets not forget that it was quite a punt to fly it down to terra australis in the first place. If our precious airport executives are only concerned about their bonuses, cars and postcodes then we are really digging at the bottom of the talent pool. Surely they could do better.