Albury to Hervey Bay and back

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It’s Monday after noon and all is ready for a journey to Hervey Bay, 2 planes depart Albury 1x Brumby 610 and a Glass star , as it was late we only made it to Dubbo for the evening, after topping up the fuel, it’s time to tie down the planes but the ground was so hard our pegs bent and wind is so bad it was difficult to put the covers on. A cab into town and a stay at a budget motel. Next morning we headed off to Goondiwindi and made it in good time so it was agreed to push on to Kingaroy but half way the winds and ,clouds were building and after some soul searching , it was agreed to head for Chinchilla the Glass star being faster arrived with time to spare as the weather closed in, the Brumby following just made it prior to some heavy rain and winds.

 

A cab Into town for the afternoon. We filled the day sight seeing and resting.

 

A cab back to air port in the morning seen us in the air at a suitable time to see the best part of the day . The flight to HarveyBay was an adventure and some New flying skills. Flying around the heavy clouds was like a roller coaster in slow motion. We descended into Mary Borough area to have a good look of this area and to take advantage of the view out to sea, Hervey Bay is right next to Mary Borough and they share the same CTAF frequency.

 

Our stay at this coastal town was short and by Saturday we were back in the air to Heck Field via the VFR lanes , we stayed low taking in the scenery ,of the landscape and coastal beauty. Landing at Heck Field seen the Brumby do a less then perfect arrival , actually a very poor effort.

 

What a fantastic bunch fellows , one fellow a kiwi called Ric with a humerous Persona entertained us for a couple hours , ( Rick once meet never forgotten you were one of the highlights of the trip) we were entertained in the Gold Coast for the evening by some friends but after reading the weather report it was decided to vacant early next morning. The trip was uneventful for a couple hours then as the weather started to close in , we headed for Warwick , the Brumby top up with fuel and awaited the Glass star but he decided to head for Moree while the Brumby was fuelling, a phone call , where are you ,he said that the weather better towards Moree so I start for Moree and a call came in again the Glass Star was in bound to Inglewood for lunch and to sit out any oncoming weather. Rosie’s place at Inglewood was most hospitable , arranging a great lunch , a lift to the air port , thank you Sharon and the team of Rosie’s and Pete for the lift. The weather though windy was ok for the Brumby to head straight to Narrabri, the Glass star continued to Moree for fuel, then we meet up at Narrabri for the evening. Monday morning and we decide to head for Cootamundra for lunch , the Glass Star arrived first and top up with fuel while he waited for the Brumby ( which did not need fuel ) . We walked into town for a bite to eat and a cup coffee. A quick run back to Albury and it was all over far to soon . No mechanical trouble , no punctures , no bad memories , just a great trip and some learning moments .