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Old 26th Jan 2024, 13:54
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TruBlu351
 
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Just following up on the Tomago Airstrip chat location above....you have pointed it out correctly, noting there's only a few hundred feet still showing today. Today it's easy to think it's the long cleared area where the high tension power lines are, but as pointed out, it's just to the north. I've got some map images from the 1940s up to today, showing the evolution of the area when the aluminium smelter rolled in. The main indicator today when driving by, is the kink in the Pacific Hwy, where Old Punt Rd comes off to the East. This t-junction used to be close to the far north western threshold of the airstrip.
I'll attach two topographic images from 1966 and 1986 with an outline of the airstrip, which you can see on modern maps. I've also attached a news article from 1966....can't remember which paper this was in, but you can see the airstrip goes all the way back to the highway.



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