No accommodation block was the hospital for the RAAF base, my aunt was a nurse there for a period.
I remember the early 70's at the RNSWAC, good day, i'll never forget going out on a freezing winter morning to meet Stan Mobbs at 7AM to do an hours circuits in the "NEW" Cessna 150 VH-KPU.
The other memory was coming into the club after a weekend away flying, there was an air of comradreship that no longer exists. People spoke their minds be it the DCA people, the instructors, the students and other aviation people - no one was hated and everybody got on - now we have people who despise CASA, and those that have this air of superiority just because they wear a white uniform shirt.
My father who is now 92, was an instructor with the likes of Jimmy Minahan, prior to joining the airlines always says the 12 months instrcuting was some of the best year of his life - easy going