Leg 178, Wahai, Seram Island, Indonesia to Keep River National Park, Northern Territory 0852, Australia
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Heading down under with a couple more Indonesian islands along the way to Darwin
02-15 Wahai;Seram Island WAPV 4:20 PM
02-15 Bula WAPB 4:42 PM
02-15 Bandanaira WAPC 5:17 PM
02-15 Dumatubin WAPL 6:14 PM
02-15 Karel Sadsuitubun WAPF 6:20 PM
02-15 Rar Gwamar WAPD 6:52 PM
02-15 Nangasuri WAPK 7:03 PM
02-15 Aru WA1B 7:20 PM
02-15 Larat WAPO 8:19 PM
02-15 Mathilda Batlayeri WAPS 8:41 PM
02-15 Saumlaki/Olilit WAPI 8:48 PM
02-15 Minjilang YMIJ 9:59 PM
Plane animations broken, cockpit broken, G1000 broken, restart
02-15 Minjilang YMIJ 10:08 PM
02-15 Croker I YCKI 10:12 PM
02-15 Smith Point YSMP 10:24 PM
02-15 Vashon head YVSH 10:33 PM
02-15 Cape Don YCPD 10:43 PM
02-15 Leanyer YLEN 11:04 PM
02-15 Pickertaramoor Airstrip YPCM 11:14 PM
02-15 Bathurst I YBTI 11:25 PM
02-15 Darwin International YPDN 11:44 PM
02-16 Larrakeya YLAD 12:08 AM
02-16 Larrakeya YLAY 12:30 AM
02-16 Palumpa YPUA 12:44 AM
02-16 Kununurra YKUD 12:59 AM
02-16 Legune YLGU 1:15 AM
02-16 Kunurra YKUC 1:26 AM
Flight time 8:57 25 stops
First sign of the sun at Seliha
Flying over Seram island in between the Ceram and Banda Sea
Approaching Bula
Bula Airport
Banda Neira, small island south of Seram island
Pretty place
Home to Fort Nassau (left), the first Dutch fort built on Banda in 1609
And Fort Belgica built in the 17th century to replace a 16th century Portugese fort in its spot. It swapped to British hands a few times but despite its name it was built and owned by the Dutch East Indies.
Banda islands with Banda Neira the smaller of the set
Kai Kecil Island
Terrain quality isn’t that great around here, looks lovely on the ground
The Arafura Sea
Rar Gwamar Airport on Warmar island
Dobo on the north side of the island
Bandar Udara Benjina Nangasuri
Near Rebi on Trangan island
Ngoerita island through the gap in the clouds
Larat Island
Lara Airport
One more look back at Yemdena island while heading to Australia
Arriving in Australia at Croker island
Still on the Arafura Sea, near Minjilang (behind me)
Croker I Airport
Smith Point Airport
Which is in Garig Gunak Barlu National Park
Leanyer Airport on Melville Island
Coming in to land at Bathurst I Airport on Bathurst island part of the Tiwi Islands with Melville island
Nightcliff, northern suburb of the city of Darwin
Darwin, the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory and a former frontier outpost
Home to Darwin Aviation Museum
And Charles Darwin National Park
Ecologically diverse wildlands with a large wetland area & historic World War II sites
Crossing the Finnis river
Palumpa, Nganmarriyanga NT 0822
The weather got really bad, near Fossil Head
Calling it a day at Kunurra, located at the eastern extremity of Kimberley
I’ll be in Australia for the rest of the week, lots to see here