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Old 14th Jan 2017, 05:08
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Terry Dactil
 
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Right. Let's go to far North Queensland as if we are on the way to New Guinea.
Found some text about 'Iron Range Airfield'
Built by the U. S. Army. Three runways were built: Claude 1, Claude 2 and Gordons (bomber strip).
The Gordons runway is still in use today, known as "Lockhart River Airfield". The other two runways are disused since the war and overgrown
That figures. Dora-9 likes showing us runways that have disappeared.
Here it is today:

If you squint hard enough you can just see remnants of the two parallel runways.
Fortunately, some of the roads and the bends in the river match those in the original photos, so I will claim the answer to be Iron Range Airfield / Lockhart River Airport (or to be pedantic - Claude 1, Claude 2 and Gordon bomber strip.
OPEN HOUSE if correct.

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