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Old 27th Jan 2015, 09:28
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Esmeralda Station anyone ...

Forkie, I once landed here, went for the wheels down type of landing, but it was still pretty exciting. Once was enough, getting in is easy enough as you have a good view of the road for many km in either direction. Getting out is a little more risky ... it's the single lane bitumen road between Croyden and Richmond, FNQ. We did have spotters/traffic control for departure, but it takes a lot of room to pull up an 80 tonne road train.

Esmeralda Station
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