What to see around Brisbane

Vne,

Many thanks for a great visit to see your fabulous collection at Archerfield. Your time was much appreciated, and that Spitfire is going to be magnificent!

Best regards

Steve

Any chance of some piccies…?

DS

Vne,

Many thanks for a great visit to see your fabulous collection at Archerfield. Your time was much appreciated, and that Spitfire is going to be magnificent!

Best regards

Steve

Very many thanks to everyone for the suggestions. There are some great ideas there, and a couple of private messages are on their way.

Regards

Steve

The DH61 is now at the Qantas Founders Outback Museum in Longreach. Bit far to drive though.

There is (was?) a replica DH61 Giant Moth hanging in the rafters inside the air terminal.
Yes, the real “Southern Cross” Fokker is on display in a separate building inside the airport grounds. It’s pretty well unphotographable though.

I did this tourist trip just before Xmas and offer the following additional comments.

Within easy drive of Brisbane are quite a number of museums, etc.

Near the city centre is the Queensland Museum with an interesting collection of aircraft plus the only surviving German World War I tank.

The Queensland State Museum holds Bert Hinklers Avro Avian (first solo flight from England to Australia) and his Avro Baby, along with the remains of the Avro Avian “Red Rose”? from the ill fated Lancaster flight in the Sahara, (and was formerly the “Southern Cross Junior” when owned by Kingsford Smith

At the airport is a memorial building with the Southern Cross inside. Near the airport is the flying Beaufort restoration project.

The “little museum near the airport with a tri-motor in it” -as seen by Moggie, is indeed Kingsford-Smith’s Southern Cross, first to fly from US to Australia across the Pacific, the Beaufort restoration however is no longer at nearby Hendra and has instead relocated to Caboolture north of Brisbane by @3/4hr drive

Archerfield did have the Flying Fighters Museum but that is probably closed. Presumably still there are Randall McFarland’s collection plus other vintage types.

Most of the Flying fighters collection has been impounded by the Australian Tax Office but aircraft not associated with those aircraft’s owner are still at Archerfield.

Amberley Air Base has a Canberra on the gate and some aircraft from the RAAF Museum inside (but inaccessible).

Access to see the collection within RAAF Amberley can be arranged with the appropriate contacts (PM me), inside is a couple of Canberra’s, a Sabre, Mirage cockpit but most importantly, the rare USAF A20 Boston “Hell’n Pelican” restored by the RAAF and stored for future return to PNG

To the west are Toowoomba where there may be some of Guido Zuccoli’s fleet still present and the Museum of Army Flying at Oakey.

The Zuccoli collection is downsizing and its Boomerang donated to Oakey in anycase, which itself has a interesting collection including the Boomerang, Boxkite replica (from the “Magnificant Men” movie) Beaufort, Nomads, Bell 47’s, Pilatus Porter and Iraqouis.

To the North are the Caboolture Warplane Museum and the Queensland Air Museum at Caloundra.

Caboolure now has both the Warplane Museum with flying Mustang, Wirraway, static Hawker Demon fuselage, and the Flying Beaufort Restoration(this is not open on weekends)

At Caloundra the Queensland Air Museum is well worth a visit with Ventura, Caribou, Spitfire, DC3, Gannet, Vampire, Meteor, Venom, SeaVixen, Drover etc, well worth the drive to see both – @ 1hr drive to Caloundra

Tony Andrews

The ANAM website links page has links to all of these sites (other than RAAF Amberley) for confirming opening hours. http://aarg.com.au/links.htm

Regards

Mark Pilkington

Within easy drive of Brisbane are quite a number of museums, etc.

Near the city centre is the Queensland Museum with an interesting collection of aircraft plus the only surviving German World War I tank.

At the airport is a memorial building with the Southern Cross inside. Near the airport is the flying Beaufort restoration project.

Archerfield did have the Flying Fighters Museum but that is probably closed. Presumably still there are Randall McFarland’s collection plus other vintage types.

Amberley Air Base has a Canberra on the gate and some aircraft from the RAAF Museum inside (but inaccessible).

To the west are Toowoomba where there may be some of Guido Zuccoli’s fleet still present and the Museum of Army Flying at Oakey.

To the North are the Caboolture Warplane Museum and the Queensland Air Museum at Caloundra.

Tony Andrews

Mate,

If you don’t stay in Sydney, you’re camping out! :rolleyes:

G’day 😉

Drop by Archerfield Airport and see my fleet and the Spitfire rebuild..

Oooh! A Flying Pig!

(Ventura)

That’s a ‘must see’

Moggy

Go North my friend!!!

Take the Bruce north of Brisbane to Caloundra Airport – Home of the Queensland Air Museum!!

Take lots of batteries and have lots of space on your digital card for photos – cause there is a lot there!

Heres the link:

http://www.qam.com.au/

There are other places as well but can’t seem to dig them out of a very foggy brain today!!!

Have fun!!!

Truc

Coming out of Brisbane airport I do think I glimpsed a small museum with what looked like a TriMotor in it.

Southern Cross?

Moggy