Flyingfish Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I am planning a flight to the Geelong area, and would appreciate your recommendations for best airfield to land and leave the plane overnight (RV7-A). Ideally... - close to Geelong - sealed runway or smooth grass or gravel - safe to leave plane tied down - avgas available - car hire nearby Does Avalon have parking for GA? Considering Barwon Heads or Torquay and will appreciate any local knowledge and suggestions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
440032 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Avalon would let you park there, but getting from and to your plane -security and everything..... good luck. They do not/never did have avgas. Lethbridge is close for fuel. Rental cars - yes. https://avalonairport.com.au/technical-operational-facilities/ Barwon (avgas yes) Lethbridge (avgas yes) and Torq (avgas dunno) - rental cars: nowhere near them. Closest is Geelong. AVIS is 13km from Barwon H. Numerous private airfields all over the place down there, no avgas. Visiting peeps? Touring around by Road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Any decent car hire operator will arrange to deliver your hired car to your location, if it's not an unreasonable difference. I even had one car hire operator arrange with an employee to re-open his business after hours at no cost, when I arrived late, and they had shut for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyingfish Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Thanks a lot for all your comments 440032 and onetrack. Lethbridge may be a good option, hadn't considered it yet. Will be visiting Geelong, then travelling by road. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Sorry, I only just realised I put "difference", when it should've been "distance". The time for editing elapsed before I picked it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Lethbridge is about 1/3rd the way from Geelong to Ballarat (South of Meridith) left turn into it. . Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
440032 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 On 07/03/2024 at 11:35 AM, Flyingfish said: Thanks a lot for all your comments 440032 and onetrack. Lethbridge may be a good option, hadn't considered it yet. Will be visiting Geelong, then travelling by road. Thanks. The best thing about Geelong - great kickoff point to places that are actually interesting. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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