In the early 80's runway 06/24 at DPO was closed whilst a B727-200 standard runway was constructed in it's place. During this period a short temporary gravel runway 06/24 was constructed by placing an overlay of gravel on grass.
The gravel strip width was 15 metres and it looked like a cricket pitch on approach. During the winter it was soft with large pools of surface water at times. The F27 took it in its stride and after arrival in MEL the a/c often needed a spuce up to remove the 'mud' and an engineering check.