Charleville Airport - Tourist Attraction
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It just takes a moment to wander beyond the bowser and have a look around. charleville is still very raw and untouched. There are treasures there amongst the scrub and at the Corones Hotel that will please anyone with a sense of nostalgia. The RFDS museum is also very well worth a visit.
It just takes a moment to wander beyond the bowser and have a look around. charleville is still very raw and untouched. There are treasures there amongst the scrub and at the Corones Hotel that will please anyone with a sense of nostalgia. The RFDS museum is also very well worth a visit.
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YBCV is the closest thing to the perfect airfield, not many places in Australia where you can get Jet/Avgas/hire car/lunch/lift into town/check wx and notams/not be mollested by security/friendly/etc.etc.
Seriously it is a GA haven for an RPT port. Think about it a bit.
Seriously it is a GA haven for an RPT port. Think about it a bit.
It just takes a moment to wander beyond the bowser and have a look around. charleville is still very raw and untouched. There are treasures there amongst the scrub and at the Corones Hotel that will please anyone with a sense of nostalgia. The RFDS museum is also very well worth a visit.
My point was that there was nothing what so ever to indicate there was anything of interest worth looking at during our stop there. Bit of a pity as we could have taken a look.
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Ahh thats nuthin' ..... wait till you get all the way out to Mount Isa
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A great town, Charleville. Taxi service from AD was available with good local information. We stayed at the Matilda Motor Inn across the road from a pub. It was a Friday night and the pub had very generous counter meals. Most of the local hard working abbatoir staff were there. (Be very careful with the young gals as they well know how to use knives!) A wonderful brekky at a bakery in the main st, next morning. The only downside was the water there. The worst shower ever and I've been to William Creek a couple of times...
Gerry,
I am sorry you didn't like the water. IMHO, it is some the best artesian water around. There are many places that are much worse.
What, exactly, didn't you like about it?
185.
I am sorry you didn't like the water. IMHO, it is some the best artesian water around. There are many places that are much worse.
What, exactly, didn't you like about it?
185.
185skywagon,
The shower tap water had a very sulphurous smell about it and was very hard. I grew up in Adelaide so am used to hard water. I agree with you, though. There are some places where the water is much worse as it can also be rusty coloured. But that didn't diminish from a really fun trip to Charleville and I'd love to return. Same goes for William Creek and many other places. One of the better places for artesian basin water IMHO is Marree. The best is Forrest but that's cheating as they have a membrane desal plant.
The shower tap water had a very sulphurous smell about it and was very hard. I grew up in Adelaide so am used to hard water. I agree with you, though. There are some places where the water is much worse as it can also be rusty coloured. But that didn't diminish from a really fun trip to Charleville and I'd love to return. Same goes for William Creek and many other places. One of the better places for artesian basin water IMHO is Marree. The best is Forrest but that's cheating as they have a membrane desal plant.
Ejector,
Methinks the local tourist mob need to to a bit of research, the USAF wasn't formed until late 1947, long after the Yanks left Australia.
During WWII, it was the US Army Air Force. The US Marines and the US Navy also had large numbers of aircraft in Australia.
The original Bankstown was largely built by the US Navy, the largest hangars at Bankstown also look like the most modern, but are actually the first Navy hangars, the sawtooth roof hangars to the west of the terminal (which is where the tower originally sat).
Tootle pip!!
Methinks the local tourist mob need to to a bit of research, the USAF wasn't formed until late 1947, long after the Yanks left Australia.
During WWII, it was the US Army Air Force. The US Marines and the US Navy also had large numbers of aircraft in Australia.
The original Bankstown was largely built by the US Navy, the largest hangars at Bankstown also look like the most modern, but are actually the first Navy hangars, the sawtooth roof hangars to the west of the terminal (which is where the tower originally sat).
Tootle pip!!
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