I'm guessing THAT is the definition of a 1-way strip!

Corky
ahhhhh that triggered something - the Fox Neve.

Here's a couple more from the coast
 

Niiiice shots there pitter patter. Some nice blue sky days on the coast...funny how I dont remember it always like that!

Cheers dixon :ok:

ah, yes. There's nothing like it.
A great day on the coast is pretty spectacular. Need to get over there more often.
Chocolate fish for the locations:ok:

that'll be the chocolate fish to you then Corky. 'fraid you boys are out of my league now!!
I know both Martins Bay and the Kaipo from above only, not as intimatly as you blokes.

As an aside, you blokes got me gee'd up and I had a poke about on google earth (amazing stuff), but saw quite big a strip thats not immediately obvious as to why its there. Its looks like its on a ridge somewhere between the head of the Pyke and what I think is the Gorge River. 44 12'30 S 168 18'33 E according to Google Earth.

Any ideas?

Nice. 3 outa 4 aint bad Corkey. :D
SIA yep, but not the Kaipo. Over the hill n up the river a bit....

Great thread!!
 

I have just trawled through the whole lot over the last week or so - fantastic photos. This may even rival the photos thread on rotorheads :p

Here are some of mine - Guess the locations

An easy one to start:
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...4/100_0915.jpg

Should be very familiar to some of you:
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...4/100_0101.jpg

A bit harder perhaps??
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...4/100_0376.jpg

I guess no-one told the pilot that cross-country's are supposed to be conducted in the air! :}

Spag

No. 3 = Thredbo?

Nivo

No 1 = Exmouth

No 2 = ???

No 3 = agreed, Thredbo!

SIA
 

SIA looks a bit better than when I owned it.
Lives in a bit greener country.
Buffel seeding.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/siaseedweb.JPG
and just before it headed to NZ.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/siaweb.JPG

1 down
 

No 1 is not Exmouth.

No 3 Thredbo - correct

spag

Dixon
I don't know them very well, never been into the Kaipo, just overhead- seen heaps of pictures though. On that strip on google earth, I've seen that once before but never landed there, must just be another one from the venison recovery but I'll do some reasearch, Know a few people who will know.

Pitterpatter
Well if it aint the Kaipo then I'm buggered if I know.. :confused: Could almost be anywhere slightly flat and clear :} The only other place which springs to mind would be that biggish hut up the hollyford (can't remember the name). Just not sure... :E

185skywagon
I remember when it came across, only a couple of years ago or so aye...
Been tidied up a bit looks quite nice :ok:

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...z/mini-SIA.jpg

Spag
 

Spag,

No 1 pic = Darwin

Or am I going completly crazy!!!

That time of year again.
 

There is no cloud in this photo, it's the icecap at dusk. The a/c in the shot is about 6000 agl. It's a good example of why we do a lot of late night ops into the field - those crevasses would be invisible during bright sunshine.

http://www.remoteadventures.com/webpics/lawdome.jpg

ALLICEDUP - Your sanity is intact - Darwin indeed.

CS - Great shot. One of my aims is to do some flying down there one day

Very nice shot Stallie, what was your height when you took the shot?

Where are you now mate, I thought you were back from the land of the midnight sun.

Cheers,:ok:

We were at 9500, they were at 9000, terrain about 3000'; the pic is the lower east flank of Law Dome, east of Casey. I'm back here now for the next couple of months, it's an annual thing! :ok:

Thanks Stallie, I wouldn't mind being your pax on some of those flights.:}

Not a bad place for FTDK to have lunch!
http://www.mirani.com.au/images/Aviation/DSC02368.JPG

http://www.mirani.com.au/images/Aviation/DSC03533.JPG

Nivo

That be Noosa. Indeed a nice place to take the FTDK :ok:

Stallie, did you fly your toy out or did you catch the bus:ok:

maybe up the Pyke?

ps. thats not the reason my last girlfriend left me by the way!!!

I flew the toy down this year; as for the bus, keep an ear out in the next little bit. :8

I'm not sure what creates this phenomena, but it sure makes pretty photos!

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...Burner/002.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...Burner/001.jpg

:ok:

Corky: Kaipo not, Pyke not!

If you go into Harrisons Cove (ride the Elevator off NZMF) just carry straight on up the valley (instead of making the turn into the fjiord for the Footstool) you'll go straight over the Kaipo Wall and into the Kaipo Valley itself.

The strip you indicate in behind Awarua Point there (N side of Big Bay) looks to me to be more up towards Gorge River... not too familiar with that area though -we usually came down the E side of the Red Hills to the Olivine Ice Plateau into the Pyke (between Lakes Alabaster and Wilmot) before running the Kaipo Saddle (roughly 44 26'03.34 S 168 00'59.25 E) on the way to Yates Point/St Annes Point for the NZMF arrival.

Plenty of spots in the Pyke to put down if you really need to, a couple of old strips in that area too, but not easy to see on GE!

Hope that helps!

Jetstar1,

Who says nothing grows in a salt lake? I've been told that the red colour is due to an algae that thrives in that salty environment... now all we gotta do is find a market for salty red algae!:}:ok:

Cheers,

The same algae that makes a white flamingo go pink. :8

Would that be Esperence in WA?

J:ok:

This one might be a tricky one. Taken in January 2005.

http://www.bja.com.au/ext/N058010.jpg

Any guesses?

Bevan 666 - is it Dili?

I thought number 2 from my photos would have been gotten quickly. Some clues - The runway threshold is at the far left of the photo in the centre ... It is not in Australia (any more) ... there is already a photo of the airfield on this thread from on the ground.

spag, could it be Lae TPNG.

tipsy

... I would have said Goroka rather than Lae.

Landed just before this arrived at Mitchell on the 25/11/2007.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/cwhymit1107.JPG

Bevan666
Is that the REALLY big Rusky Craneski helicoptor in the background?
can remember getting an email showing the thing but not the name.

Kingtoad - Goroka it is, well done

Another view of Goroka:

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...4/100_0078.jpg

Re Jetstar1's photo.
 

Shot of the Mulligan River, west of Glengyle, showing the red algae build-up as evaporation takes place. Similar to the lake photos above.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/mulligan.JPG

Its a lot further from aus than PNG fellas..

Bevan666

Wild guess - Entebbe?

Nivo