Australian Flying — November-December 2017

of huge excitement and is filled
with the usual uproar of everyone
trying to talk at once, convinced it’s
their turn. We stay at the Bourke
Riverside Motel – always brilliant.
From here, we strapped
ourselves in for a fairly lengthy
cruise north to the central
Queensland town of Winton.
These next couple of legs of the
trip were all about getting us to
the northern most point of our
route in north-eastern Arnhem
Land as directly and comfortably
as we could. Rossy and I had hired
BXO, one of my favourite C182s

from Curtis Aviation at Camden,

in which I actually had to put

the foot down this time, f lying

in the very slippery company of

a pressurized C210T, a Cirrus

and an even slipperier Falco. Fire

engine red, obviously.

Channel Country

Winton is a fantastic little outback

town for a stopover. Resident

council staff at the airport

organise your fuel; there’s plenty

of tie-down cable, and it’s a short

drive into town. We love staying

at the humble but ultra-friendly

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November – December 2017 AUSTRALIAN FLYING

LEFT: Always

stunning

viewing – the

trademark

river systems

of the Gulf of

Carpentaria.

BELOW: Bamurru

Plains offers a

unique bush

experience on

the edge of the

vast Mary River

wetlands.

BAMURRU PLAINS