Itinerary
We thoroughly enjoyed meeting people at the various stopping places. Our times of arrival and even overnight stops changed with little notice due to lodging, weather, fuel availability, and maintenance.
Aircraft owners and pilots of land or seaplanes were welcome to join the journey for any distance or number of stops. A focus on safety was the main consideration in deciding timetables etc. Each crew decided their route and stops. Sometimes, two or more crews planned to overnight at the same stop and shared lodging & meals. One of our goals was to enhance the reputation of light aircraft flight.
5 Crews, Full/Partial
Clockwise 2024
ALL DATES 2024
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Grey = Possible stop refueling/comfort
Green = Confirmed overnight stop
Blue = Proposed overnight stop
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Depart Caboolture Airport
30 Mar 2024
Gold Coast
Ballina Airport
Play Station 30 Mar
Port Macquarie
Lake Macquarie (Rathmines) 31 Mar
Sydney Romeo 405
Wedderburn Airport
Wollongong (Museum stop) 1 Apr
Moruya 2 Apr
Wonboyn Lake
Lakes Entrance 3 Apr
Rothwell (Pvt Strip) 4-5 Apr
Point Cook Airport 6 Apr
Portland Airport 6 Apr
Robe Airport
Goolwa
Eleanor Downs Arpt Kangaroo Island
Aldinga
Port Augusta 9 Apr
Port Lincoln
Streaky Bay 10 Apr
Ceduna
Nullarbor Motel Airport 11 Apr
Caiguna Road House 12 Apr
Cocklebiddy
Esperance 13 Apr
Albany 14-15 Apr
Walpole 16 Apr
Margaret River 17 Apr
Busselton 17 APR
Murrayfield Aerodrome 18 Apr
Serpentine Airport
Rottnest Island 19-20 Apr
Cervantes Airstrip (Pinnacles)
Geraldton Airport 21 Apr
Big Rat Island
Murchison River
Billabong Airstrip & Roadhouse
Shark Bay 22-23 Apr
Carnarvon Airport
Cape Cuvier – Korean Star Ship Wreck
Lake Macleod and Lake Macleod salt processing
Coral Bay
Exmouth Airstrip 24 Apr
Simpson Island (camping) 25 Apr
Montebello Islands WA
Karratha (Dampier)
Port Hedland 26 Apr
Eco Beach 27 Apr
Broome 28-30 Apr
Cape Leveque 1 May
Cockatoo Island
Horizontal Falls
Mount Barnett
Drysdale River Station 2 May
Mitchell Plateau
Kimberley Coastal Camp
Kalumburu 3 May
Honeymoon Bay 4 May
Mission Bay
Drysdale Gorge
Twin Falls
Faraway Bay
Seaplane Bay
Brakeley River Lodge
Kununurra Fuel 5 May
Bungle Bungle
Lake Argyle
El Questro
Port Keats Airport
Darwin 6-8 May
Kakadu Park
Jabiru Airport
Maningrida Airport
Gove Airport 9 May
Groote Island
Lost City
Borroloola Airport & BP 10 May
Lawn Hill
Sweers Island Resort
Burketown Airport
Karumba 11 May
Weipa 12 May
Ross crash setup Memorial site
Loyalty beach (Bamaga) 13-14 May
Thursday Island 15 May
Haggerstone island
Lockhart River
Coen
Lizard Island 16 May
Cooktown 17 May
Port Douglas 18 May
Cairns/Lake Tineroo 19 May
Townsville 20 May
Innisfail
Paul Williams Airstrip
Whitsundays Airport 21-23 May
Marble Island
Great Keppel
Baffle Creek 24 May
Hervey Bay Airport 25 May
Maryborough
Caloundra
Home (Caboolture) 26 May 2024
Approximately 60 days
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Southern Sun 2024 Anti-Clockwise
RAAF 1914 Anti-Clockwise
(click images to enlarge)
Point Cook 6 Apr 2024
Sydney 6 Apr
Myall River 7 Apr
Southport 8 Apr
Gladstone 10 Apr
Townsville 11 Apr
Cooktown 14 Apr
Thursday IS 16 Apr
Galliwin'ku (formerly Elcho Island) 23 Apr
Darwin 24 Apr
Napier Broome Bay 27 Apr
Broome 28 Apr
Port Hedland 28 Apr
Carnarvon 30 Apr
(delay for new engine)
Perth 11 May
Israeilte Bay 15 May
Denial Bay 16 May
Port Lincoln 17 May
Beachport 18 May
Point Cook 19 May 2024
Approximately 44 days
Rohan 2024 Up the Middle
Anti-Clockwise
Gold Coast
Rathmines
Point Cook 6 Apr 2024
Adelaide
Ayres Rock
Alice Springs
Matarank Springs
Darwin (meet up with other crews)
Kimberly tour
Broome Apr 27
Carnarvon
Geraldton
Perth
Broken Hill
Gold Coast