North Stradbroke airpark ad?

[Guest Rocko]

Anyone know anything further about this? ;)

 

NTH STRADBROKE ISLAND AIRPARK

 

The ad reads: North Stradbroke Island Airpark

 

An Island Paradise & Hangar

 

For Only $42,000!

 

(YDUN)

 

27 31’ S

 

153 25.7’ E

 

M: 0401 848 616

 

 

 

[Guest Rocko]

Yes, I know I could ring the number and ask, but I'm a lazy bugger at heart

 

 

Besides, I'd be curious to hear from people who have been there. I hear the cross winds can get a wee bit nasty at times?

 

 

[gofastclint]

A mate of mind is a cop and he told me that there is lots of dole budgers, junkies and pot heads on the island and that contributes to a very high crime rate. Maybe that is why the hangar is so cheap.

 

 

[Guest drizzt1978]

Between the crime and crosswind... you cant land, and when you do get down, your dole check bounces, you get high from all the drugs in the air and someone breaks into youre plane and steals your gps!!!!

 

;)

 

 

[Guest Cloudsuck]

There is nothing like sitting back and listening to your beautiful aircraft corrode as the sun sets in the west.

 

 

 

[Guest Rocko]

Given the median house price on the island is now nearly $1/2 a million, I hope they're rich hippies, dole bludgers and pot heads.

 

Thats a lotta potta.

 

Mind you, it's better than trying to fly into Menzoberranzan. Those cavern crosswinds are crazy! ;>

 

 

[shags_j]

it's not as bad as it used to be. I live in the redlands and go over all the time. I love straddie. Never been to the airpark though. Might have to pay it a visit.

 

 

[Mazda]

"Airpark" is an interesting term for it, unless things have changed!

 

Shag's here's a dumb question from a Sydneysider - if you live in the Redlands why do you choose to fly from Caboolture? Do you think that is the best GA field in the area? I'm just curious, as Dunwich, Archerfield, and Redcliffe would most likely be closer. What about Watts Bridge and Caloundra, are they any good?

 

 

[shags_j]

Good question:

 

I used to go GA training at archerfield till i ran out of funds (read bought a house). That pretty much rules archerfield out at that point.

 

I then started looking at ra schools and figured that either caboolture or redcliffe were the way to go. I just chose the school with the the cfi that was more approachable etc. TBH with the gateway it's not that far to caboolture.

 

Until i started in ra i had never really even known that ra was at dunwich. I though it was just a little private strip of some sort.

 

Never been to watts bridge or caloundra. I am planning a trip to watts bridge as tehy do a lot of aerobatic training out there and have practice days.

 

 

[Mazda]

Thanks Shags, if you get up to Caloundra or Watts can you let me know what they are like?

 

(And if you see Nigel at Caboolture say "knobless" from Camden says hi, and where was he when I came up to say hello?)

 

 

[Guest drizzt1978]

Given the median house price on the island is now nearly $1/2 a million, I hope they're rich hippies, dole bludgers and pot heads.Thats a lotta potta.

Mind you, it's better than trying to fly into Menzoberranzan. Those cavern crosswinds are crazy! ;>

AH hA!! Nice one Rocko, Specially with Catrie Brie in the PAX seat.....;);)

 

 

[RetiredRacer]

Here guys, Watts Bridge Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield

 

 

[Possum1]

I have decided to resurrect this old thread because the name “Stradbroke Air Park” has popped up again at Dunwich Airfield(YDUN), North Stradbroke Island after many years absence, this time in the form of a large sign out the front of their shed/clubhouse, rather than the old Aviation Trader ad of 2009 mentioned at the beginning of this thread.

 

The only relevant listing that Google can find for “Stradbroke Air Park” is this old thread.

 

Back then, this ad was created by someone who promised the non-aviation, non-business owner of the airfield that he would handle the promotion and sales of the airfield’s hangar sites. In the end there was only ever one ad and a brief listing on this person’s business’s website(now long gone).

 

History has now repeated itself in that the same basic mistakes have been made with this new sign as were made in the original ad. Both feature a photo of an American N-registered aircraft tied down on a concrete/bitumen tarmac(which doesn’t exist at Straddie). In the Aviation Trader ad of 2009, the featured aircraft was an N-registered Aero Commander 112, and in the new 2016 sign, it is an N-registered Cessna 206.

 

With over 500 professionally-taken photos of aircraft at Dunwich to choose from, why would they do this again???

 

The sign is titled, “Stradbroke Air Park Pty Ltd.” A quick search of ASIC’s website shows there is no such company or business name, nor has there ever been.

 

While the name might give that impression, the airfield cannot be a residential airpark as its lease conditions and the local council’s planning scheme prevent this, not to mention the lack of mains power or water supply.

 

The current caretakers have also recently started answering the phone, “Straddie Air Park.”

 

Could the return of the title, “Stradbroke Air Park,” presumably an attempt to lift the image of the airfield, mean that Dunwich Airfield is being readied for sale once more since the last time in 2011?

 

 

[SSCBD]

Call Nick Sigley hes the CFI. that uses the strip I believe. He should have all the info of whats going on.

 

 

[gareth lacey]

Nick operates out of Heck field now

 

 

[SSCBD]

I thought he did from both.

 

 

[gareth lacey]

I thought he did from both.

Both his school planes are in hanger next to mine his dad lives on the island

 

 

[Possum1]

He used to do some lessons from Dunwich but I think Nick bases his lessons mostly out of Heck Field these days more for operational reasons and ease of access than any other reason.

 

 

[eightyknots]

It's getting curiouser and curiouser.

 

 

[Possum1]

With your quote from Alice in Wonderland eightyknots, you may have unintentionally hit the nail on the head as far as a description of the situation at Dunwich Airfield is concerned.

 

 

[bexrbetter]

I am related indirectly to one of the beekeepers on Straddie. Recently a bunch of his hives were stolen from the airstrip ...

 

 

[Possum1]

Sorry to hear about the beehives. I caught up with the caretakers very recently but they said nothing about this. Since their long-term caretaker left in early 2015, there has been a high turnover of replacement caretakers and they have all become very secretive about goings-on at the airfield. I will enquire when I fly in next.

 

BTW, as of today, Dunwich Airfield's sign mentioned in Post 13 of this thread remains unchanged.

 

 

[flasheart]

It's getting curiouser and curiouser.

Re: It's getting curiouser and curiouser. Absolutely! Over the next couple of weeks I might add to this thread but I thought I would start here.

 

Re: Security and potheads on North Stradbroke Island. There are 3 towns, Point Lookout - expensive tourist centre, Amity Point - laid back sort of touristy but mostly not and Dunwich - where most of the crime occurs. YDUN is well out of town and so doesn't often attract the attention of the criminal element. There is a need for caretaker security, but very few incidents have occurred in the last decade. Beehives were a very specific exception to the rule, can't say more than that because as far as I know, no one has been charged.

 

Re: Call Nick Sigley hes the CFI. that uses the strip I believe. - Not anymore. Once upon a time Nick was given the sole right to operate a school at Dunwich. For an explanation see previous post: "Back then, this ad was created by someone who promised the non-aviation, non-business owner of the airfield that he would handle the promotion and sales..." The same new person offered Nick a CFI job at his new school at Dunwich. This was the first that Nick heard of his sole rights being revoked. Not surprisingly Nick declined, Nick curtailed his operations at Dunwich and the new school never opened.

 

Re: non-business owner. The random changing of the goal posts like with Nick Sigley is a very common practice at YDUN. I might supply a dozen or two examples later but the short answer is you cannot do business without a paper / email trail to ensure that agreements are not forgotten or inaccurately recalled at an inopportune moment. The trick is to get a paper / email trail out of the owner; many have tried with varying degrees of success and varying degrees of consequences.

 

Re: “Stradbroke Air Park Pty Ltd." - the proper title is Stradbroke Air Pty Ltd often abbreviated to Stradair. Of note is that according to the website "Straddie Aero Club operates in co-operation with the Registered Lessee and operator of Dunwich Airfield: Stradbroke Air Pty Ltd" an explanation of that co-operation would take a lot longer than I have right now. In short, other office bearers may come and go but both the club and the company have had the same person in charge for almost 2 decades.

 

 

[flasheart]

I am related indirectly to one of the beekeepers on Straddie. Recently a bunch of his hives were stolen from the airstrip ...

How are the beekeepers feeling about the new landlords and the hives being passed to "big honey"???

 

 

[bexrbetter]

How are the beekeepers feeling about the new landlords and the hives being passed to "big honey"???

I can only but ask about the landlords.

 

I'm not sure what you mean by hives going to 'big honey', as far as I know Phil would never sell up, or sell out.

 

Honey makers still get buzz out of life on Straddie