RobynD39

Loved it!Thanks for posting. What a fantastic trip.

The RV paint job looks great too.

 

By the way, was the music Ottmar Liebert?

 

Good to to see you both back safe and sound after a great trip.

 

Kind regards

 

Planey

Great stuff Robyn. It is what we should be doing. Did you run into Doug at Arkaroola. When we were there a couple of years ago he gave us the keys to Dorothy the old 4X4 so we could get out and have a look around. Just the best hospitality around. Greg.

Hi all,

Bob and I recently went on a 10-day trip in our RV9A from Watts Bridge (QLD) to Warrnambool (VIC), then on to Arkaroola (SA), then Coober Pedy (SA), then back to William Creek and Lake Ayre, then home via Cunnamulla.

I have put together a few photos and videos for anyone who's interested. Hope you enjoy them.

Robyn

PS. We had originally planned to fly up to Ayres Rock (NT) as well but the weather wasn't good at the time.

PPS. The best way to watch these videos, is go to full screen and pause the video. This way you can enlarge photos and watch any videos on the page. Then click the right arrow to go to the next page.

Part 1 - Watts Bridge to Warrnambool (via Narromine to Deniliquin) (including sightseeing at Warrnambool and Port Fairy)

At the start of the video, for those those that don’t know, to get out of SE QLD you have to climb over a mountain range. But because of Amberley AFB you have a height restriction that does not give you a lot of room. The day of departure there were clouds over the ranges and because of the restrictions we could not climb over, so had to fly along the ranges looking for a hole to get through. For a while we thought we were going to have to turn back.

Part 2 - Warrnambool to Arkaroola (via Renmark) (including sightseeing at Arkaroola)

At Arkaroola our room was nice enough. But then we pulled back the curtains and found heaps of spider webs (with some spiders) that the cleaners had missed. The rooms had been closed down for the off-season, and we were the first tourists of the new tourist season. We had chosen the cheaper rooms though so we couldn't complain.

Part 3 - Arkaroola to Coober Pedy (including sightseeing at Coober Pedy)

When we were flying into Coober Pedy we were wondering what the little white hills were. It wasn’t until we were on the ground we realised they were the tailings from the opal mines.

Part 4 - William Creek, Lake Ayre and Thargomindah (including sightseeing at William Creek)

William Creek is in the middle of nowhere! The old Ghan railway line from Adelaide up through the centre to Alice Springs, because of the old steam trains needing water in the dry outback, toured all over the place. William creek was one of the stops and the pub was built to service the passengers. When the new line was built (in a straight line) and the old line was closed down, William Creek was able to survive on tourists as it is the closest to Lake Ayre.

Part 5 - Cunnamulla to Watts Bridge (via Goondiwindi)

Goondiwindi had a card Avgas bowser that was not working and the fuel supplier wanted to charge us a call out fee of $100 (go figure???). We were told by some locals the bowser had not worked for a year or so.

Ian, I found your site to be a godsend during our trip outback last week. I can read most of the area briefing except for knowing what areas they are referring to.

There is one bug that you might not know about. Sometimes we get the wrong time coming up. Eg, in todays briefing:

Broken stratus 1000/3500 ft areas till pm am.

For anyone still having trouble copying on an ipad, I found the easiest way is to highlight the first line (press and hold on the first word of the first line until the magnifier comes up, then touch and drag the bottom right adjuster across to the end of the line), then with the line highlighted, drag the bottom right adjuster across to the far right of the page. This should highlight the whole text on the page. Then copy and paste into pemet. Its well worth the effort once you work out how to do it.

Cheers

Robyn

Additional ... The survey doesn't let you ask for an electronic version of the Airield Directory but it does let you vote for an AOPA app. Maybe an app might include the Directory? I suppose I'm clutching at straws???

AOPA Australia have released a survey for feedback. This is a good opportunity to plead for an online or downloadable version of the National Airfield Directory. The US has an online version but I can't find an Aussie equivalent.

Please go to http://aopa.com.au/information-centre/aopa-news/complete-our-aopa-survey-and-win/ so hopefully we can add the Directory to our EFB.

Thanks,

Robyn

Thanks Ian and good timing. We'll find it very useful for trip to Victoria this week ... If we don't get flooded in that is.

Is the Rv6a registered RAA?

RobynD39, what aircraft are you flying ? The drifter or RV9A?

Cool, I am flying in from Adelaide and will be an Air traffic controller in the tower at Avalon for the duration of the airshow. It may look complicated but with a comprehensive brief and a really good study of the maps, YAVE or Avalon East is a great option if you like to camp under wing, excellent environment for a great deal of learning from other pilots.

Thanks everyone. I see now from the website we can fly in with permission from CASA. It all seems very complicated though.

Patrick I'll get Bob to ring you if he is interested.

Safe flying all!

This thread will have all you need to know!

James May also owns a Decahtlon with the rego - G-OCOK

I also saw a plane today at Caboolture with the rego VH-POM. I instantly thought of James May. :-)

Hi there. Bob and I are hoping to fly to Warrnambool later this month and then drive to the Avalon air show. But I'm wondering if we could fly up via Petersborough towards Geelong and maybe tie down at a strip close to a train or bus stop. I thought maybe Moriac or even Lethbridge if we sneak in from the south. Anyone know if this is possible? It's early days in my nav training so I'm not sure by looking at the charts how close we can get to Avalon. It looks like we can go all the way to Geelong but correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks,

Robyn

"Nav-noob"

Places I've been ...

I've been in accessible but it's a hard place to get to.

I've been in active but it's too easy to gain weight there.

I've been in alterable but the people there thought I was stubborn.

I've been in animate but everyone thought I was a statue!

I've been in appropriate and got kicked out.

I've been in articulate and nobody could understand a word I said!

I've been in attentive and kept tripping.

I've been in bound but never seemed to actually arrive.

I've been in bred but we won't go there.

:-)

Awesome video. Just like being there.

Thanks for sharing.

I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my friends, family and work.

Docs reveal regional airport cuts

"A STATE government grants programs which funds essential upgrades to smaller regional airports and airstrips could be cut from next year, budget documents reveal."

http://www.qt.com.au/story/2012/09/18/docs-reveal-regional-airport-cuts/

What next?

Never had an air hostess.

Or something else???

This thread is just sexist!

So in the interest of keeping these forums politically correct, here is something for the ladies to drool over.

Bob and I were looking forward to going in our RV9 but I have to get one of those pesky sun spots cut off my face on Friday.

One of the curses of being a redhead.

Robyn, the answer to that is no sorry however, you can see who of your friends are registered here by going to the Members page and looking in the right column, if you are currently logged in by using your Facebook account:http://www.recreationalflying.com/members/

Robyn

RobynThe only email notifications you can receive from the site is when someone replies to a thread that you have posted in or someone starts a conversation with you. To check that you have this enabled, go to your Settings -> Preferences and see whether the two check boxes as indicated in the screen shot below are ticked:

[ATTACH]18930[/ATTACH]

If I sign up using my Facebook account does that mean I will get notified if someone I'm following on Fb posts on these forums?

Hi Ian. Is it possible to get alerts emailed or SMS'd to oneself when anyone you follow makes a comment or likes something on the forums? I haven't been able to work out how to do that and I often miss getting involved in interesting conversations if I don't check in on the forum every night - and who has time to do that!?

Sorry if this is already an option - I just can't seem to find it in my settings.

Thanks,

Robyn

PS. It's a great site BTW!

[medio=full]232[/medio]