Gove was capable of parking a B737 and BA146 on the pax hardstand.
Was capable of 2 x B737 on the original hard stand. Wouldn't think you'd have got a BAe146 on there as well. Was it parked on the hardstand in front of the Aeromed hangar? With the normal parking position parallel to the runway, the tail of a B737 extended through the OLS. With 2 on the alternate positions, the tail of the second one was even worse. They also blocked both main taxiways while parked. There was a hydrant pit located in the dirt in front of the "terminal", so we extended the hardstand (and built a wider taxiway to service it - the original 2 were not to code) to incorporate it so that one of the jets (BAe146/F28 by then) could park closer to the terminal and use it, which became the prime position until the new Terminal and hardstand was constructed.
There were also 3 houses built for the ATC who refused to man the place.
ATC were lining up to man the place. Why wouldn't they? No traffic to speak off, and think of the lifestyle. The TWR project was shut down before they could transfer over.
I found some photos the other day of both the RAAF's BAC-111s parked on the dirt. Noisy buggers! Because of the need to keep the sealed apron free for the RPT jets, just about all other parking was on the dirt.