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It was a good tour but a confusing booking system. The tours are Captains Tour, First Class, Business Class and just the museum. They prefer to book online in advance, especially in busy school holidays. the Captains Tour which I wanted required 3 days notice, they wouldnt tell me why? As I...

Walking to Museum for the Luminessance, crossing the railway track. At sunset they put on a sound and light show about the history of QANTAS The Movie Screen The Founders A bit about the War

Original Hangar, the hangar cost QANTAS nearly as much as the first 2 planes they bought, and it had no walls or concrete floor when it was new. QANTAS built 7 of these DH-50 in Longreach, this plane was the first with an enclosed cabin and a good plane for the Flying Doctor. Plane is a...

I paid extra for a "Wing Walk" on the 747, this included a more thorough tour of the plane than the general Skypark tour, which was a quick tour of the planes. We could look at the coughpit from behind a rope on the normal tour but on the extra tour I was sitting in the Captains seat pushing...

747 Inside Tour Black (Orange) Box A/C Piping Endeavour Club in the hump Looking through floor to hold, there would be a carpet trap door not a grill really. Under here you can manually pump the nose wheel down Ceiling Cables and wires for flaps etc Where the Endeavour Club was...

Inside the 707, still in luxury jet mode. A company (Not Qantas) spent millions refurbing it to sell to a sheik for $50million or something, he wouldn't take delivery as they had used pig skin leather in the coverings. In QANTAS days You can do wing walks on this, see the harnesses...

The outdoor area called The Skypark has the planes, depending on which tour you do you can go over them. QANTAS Boeing VH-EBQ City of Bunbury 747-238. FYI ALL planes ordered off Boeing by QANTAS end in 38, 38 is Boeings Customer number for QANTAS. The 7 Series was Boeings designation for Jets...

QANTAS built their own planes under license in Longreach QANTAS founders were also willing to help out John Flynn but it was really only when the larger planes came along that they could fit a stretcher in that the idea took off.

There is an exhibition space there and this artist?? was on display The Endeavour Lounge - any of you guys remember this? Im too young. Was in the hump of the first 747 The AVRO 504K replica, like the one at SYD Domestic Flight Attendants Uniforms Old trays

In Longreach now, they soon moved here as it was a larger town. Now Tourist Info The QANTAS Founders Museum Curved roof is Museum, old building is original Hangar Skypark with new roof Original Hangar

Glass Doors in the pub etched by artist Daphne Mayo - this one is Waltzing Matilda QANTAS First Landing field was around here The cut out signs are quite good with a blue sky.

Recently did a 5500kms road trip out to western Qld, firstly the Dinosaur Trail, then Longreach, Qantas Museum, Stockmans Hall of Fame etc, into Brisbane to visit some friends and home. This is about the Qantas Founders Museum part of the trip. Most Aussies probably know a bit about the history...

Max and sweargate is entertaining. Lewis plays the race card again. Storm in a woke teacup...use the bleep button. If RIC doesnt get some kind of F1 job who thinks he might go to V8 Supercars back here? Or NASCAR, or Indy?

Me three,,, didnt register before as had no travel plans.

Great Race. Except for the idiots and their flares...the crowd was huge after the race. Rosberg calling it as it is too...he will be fired soon.

That doesn't look like 42 tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate damage.... A truckful literally blew up the highway here a few days ago...it is still closed. PLUS you have a whole OTHER lane to use. But yes roads are cough everywhere.

Have you been on the Bruce Highway lately...there are LITERALLY Bomb Craters in it....

Yes got mine via Westpac. Got that email today as well. I dont use it much, mainly kept as backup card, so will likely cancel. It did come in useful a couple of times...but not $300 of useful.

Very interesting Report. One to add to the bucket.

Dont give them any ideas....