Leg 186, Perth to Eucla, Western Australia, Australia
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Australia in a nutshell, fly for 9 hours, still in the same state
02-23 Perth Intl YPPU 4:54 PM
02-23 Langley Park Airstrip YEAA 4:58 PM
02-23 Rottnest I YRTI 5:08 PM
02-23 Garden I YGAD 5:18 PM Short Runway
02-23 Serpentine YSEN 5:29 PM
02-23 Murray Field YMUL 5:37 PM
02-23 Pinjarra North Airstrip YPIJ 5:28 PM
02-23 Dwellingup Airstrip YPII 5:54 PM Newmont Boddington gold mine 32°45’33.3"S 116°21’14.3"E
02-23 Narrogin YNRG 6:20 PM
02-23 Wagin YWGN 6:34 PM
02-23 Kojonup YKOJ 6:48 PM
02-23 Frankland Valley YKOO 7:05 PM
02-23 Frankland YFRK 7:12 PM Faded runway
02-23 Cranbrook YCRN 7:25 PM
02-23 Albany YABA 7:49 PM
02-23 Bremer Bay YRAA 8:23 PM
02-23 Hopetoun YHPE 8:46 PM
02-23 Ravensthorpe YNRV 8:53 PM
02-23 NorseMan YNSM 9:47 PM
02-23 Kambalda YKBL 10:18 PM
02-23 Kalgoorlie-Boulder YPKG 10:35 PM Fimiston Open Pit (Super pit) 30°46’39.6"S 121°30’20.1"E
02-23 Coonana YCNN 11:20 PM
02-23 Zanthus YZAN 11:32 PM
02-24 Kanandah YKAN 12:02 AM
02-24 Rawlinna Station YRWA 12:14 AM
02-24 Rawlinna YRAW 12:20 AM
02-24 Haig YHAG 12:39 AM
02-24 Forrest YFRT 1:21 AM
02-24 Eucla YECL 1:51 AM
Flight time 8:57 28 stops
Langley Park Airstrip in Perth at dawn
Sunrise over Perth
Rottnest Island, home to the quokka, a small wallaby-like marsupial
Garden Island, home to a naval base
Serpentine Airport
Christmas creek, or rather lake thanks to South Dandalup Dam
Dwellingup Airstrip
Newmont Boddington gold mine (and copper mine as well)
Since 2016 the largest gold mine in Australia
Balicup Lake Nature Reserve
There are lots of these little lakes around Western Australia
Mostly dry though, seasonal lakes
Jebarjup Nature Reserve
Reef Beach, Bremer Bay WA 6338
Ravensthorpe Airport
North Cascade Seasonal Lake
Norseman on Lake Cowan
Another seasonal lake, Norseman Aerodrome
Lake Cowan
Widgiemooltha
Lake Lefroy
Kambalda Airport
Kalgoorlie-Boulder with the super pit on the right
Fimiston open pit gold mine (The super pit) previously the largest gold mine in Australia
(Right on a boundary of mismatched scenery tiles, hence a picture of one corner)
Opened 1893, 3.5 km x 1.5 km and 1,180 ft deep producing 850,000oz each year
Expected to remain operational until 2035
A fly by in a real plane
Emu Flat
Coonana Airport and train station on the Trans-Australia Railway
Kanandah Airport further along the railway
Haig Airport and train station
This goes on and on, longest straight railway section in the world, 478km without any turns
Forest Airport and train station
Ending the day on the coast in Eucla, leaving the railway for a while
Eucla Jetty and high cliffs further along the coast
Further east tomorrow, towards Melbourne and Tasmania