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Bathurst – V8 Supercar Races Tour
Bathurst 1000 Motor Race Kirkhope Aviation’s weekend air tour in our King Air aircraft to Bathurst Racing on Sunday 9th October went without a hitch, and as always, a fun weekend was had by all! Generally believed to have started in Bathurst, NSW in 1911 on the roads around Mount Panorama. The 161 laps and 6 hours of fast and furious motor racing is an experience you will never forget. Whether its a day flight or a weekend tour, talk to us if you’d like to arrange to be there next year. Early bookings are recommended as this...
read moreHooked on the Territory
Martin Maher goes outback and gets off the beaten track to throw a line. MX Escape July 2007. “It’s a well-established fact that in space no-one can hear you scream, but how do things stand in the Northern Territory? The question begs itself not once but twice on the drive from Darwin to the Gulf of Carpentaria, first during a break for a dip in a spring off the Stuart Highway. The stunning blue waters look irresistible after hours of swalling air con-filtered road dust, but the headlong dash is stopped dead by a sign warning that...
read moreEscape Hooked on Adventure
An outback adventure on land and water thrills inspire Ric Acott. (Sunday Sun Herald 3rd February 2008) “It has been 43 years since a drive from Adelaide to Darwin put me in awe of the vastness, harshness and raw beauty of the Outback – and made me an admirer of the resilient characters who inhabit it. Those feelings flood back as I gaze at the sparsely occupied, sunburnt terrain from the light aircraft taking four of us from Darwin to Borrolooa and the start of an adventure the likes of which don’t come around very...
read moreRecreational Aviation Australia Article
Article published Recreational Aviation Australia 24 – July 2007. Although Pungalina Station is now closed, there are beautiful wilderness regions in Australia’s gulf country in our air tours – that will fit any recreational activity. “When Tony Kirkhope rang and offered me a trip to his Pungalina Station in a remote part of the Northern Territory, I leapt at the opportunity. I was retiring, for the third time, on the Thursday and he was leaving on the Friday. I couldn’t think of a better way of putting the past 18 somewhat...
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