Australian Seaplane Adventures

20/12/2024

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Day 9 / 10 of our Around Australia seaplane adventure we fly from Portland to Kangaroo Island with a stopover at Goolwa to fix a flat tyre. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves staying in some rustic accommodation on this spectacular island.

On day 9 / 10 of our Around Australia seaplane adventure, we fly from Portland to Kangaroo Island with a stopover at Goolwa for Fuel and to fix a flat tyre. ...

28/11/2024

Postponement: TOY RUN...The Antique Aircraft Association Australia and Caboolture Aero Club have moved the date to the following weekend and changed it to Saturday due to the unfavourable weather forecast this weekend. The new date is Saturday, 7 December. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. However, The forecast for the following weekend is a huge improvement. All pilots and friends are welcome. We look forward to seeing everybody there.
The Latest information is on the Caboolture Aero Club website.

19/11/2024

17/10/2024

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Part two of our runway dinner adventure to the Whitsundays. The runway dinner was a blast, great company, food, drinks and entertainment what else could one ask for. The following day is perfect weather for a picnic at Whitehaven Beach / Hill Inlet with Cheryl's brother Damien and girlfriend Britney. And then the following day we head back to Brisbane tracking over the beautiful Queensland coastline. As for my video editing I think I'm getting better, please let me know what you think. Back to work for me as I have got lots of editing to finish off from our round Australia trip. Cheers

Part two of our runway dinner adventure to the Whitsundays. The runway dinner was a blast, great company, food, drinks and entertainment what else could one ...

25/09/2024

Part 1 of our adventure to the famous Whitsundays runway dinner on the Great Barrier Reef at Shute Harbour airport.
It's great to have my wife Cheryl back on board for this fun weekend and stunning scenery as we fly up the Queensland coastline.
Thanks for joining us hope you enjoy your trip and don't forget to subscribe if you want to be first to see Part 2 coming soon, cheers.

Part 1 of our adventure to the famous Whitsunday runway dinner on the Great Barrier Reef at Shute Harbour airport.It's great to have my wife Cheryl back on b...

04/09/2024

26/08/2024

Days 7 and 8 of our adventure are the arrivals at Michael Smith's property, Rothwell, and the official 100th-anniversary date of the departure of the first flight around Australia from Point Cook. It's the first time we gather as a group of seaplanes and fly together to the official launching pad at Point Cook. I have been trying to keep these episodes short, which was difficult for this one as there was so much happening. I hope you enjoy the scenery and history; thanks for coming along on this adventure. Cheers

Days 7 and 8 of our adventure are the arrivals at Michael Smith's property, Rothwell, and the official 100th-anniversary date of the departure of the first f...

02/08/2024

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Day 6 finds us flying from Marlo to Melbourne, landing just outside Melbourne at Michael Smith's property, Rothwell, where we spend a day getting ready for t...

01/08/2024

Day 5 of our 58 days around Australia adventure has us flying from Moruya New South Wales to Marlo Victoria. As you can imagine this is a very difficult job as there is so much beautiful scenery we flew over filming with our 360 cameras, choosing what to include and what to leave out is extremely difficult and keeping short.

Leaving Moruya we follow the coastline south over some of the most spectacular scenery and beautiful towns, crossing over the New South Wales border into Vic...

01/08/2024

Got some nice footage from the plane and the drone on the weekend in near-perfect weather conditions. The Riviera owners group were out enjoying the good weather as well, great catching up with a couple of them.

The R Marine Jones Winter Weekend at Kooringal.Got some great footage from the plane and the drone.

23/07/2024

Day four of our around Australia adventure is a relatively short flight between Wollongong and Moruya; once again, beautiful coastal scenery in near-perfect weather. Landing at Moruya, we stay with Brett Thompson in his 5-star hanger, thanks, Brett.

Day four of our round Australia adventure is a relatively short flight between Wollongong and Moruya; once again, beautiful coastal scenery in near-perfect w...

11/07/2024

Day 3 continued down the NSW coastline to Sydney Harbour, which featured Spectacular scenery, including the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge. then landed at Wollongong at the HARS museum.

We leave Rathmines seaplane base and track down Victor One. This spectacular flight takes us through Sydney Harbour using the restricted airspace for seaplan...

10/07/2024

Day 2 of our 58 day round Australia adventure in 2024 Fast forward.
After a wonderful night's stay with Ross and Kim at their beautiful property and Airstrip Playstation, we depart for Rathmines Seaplane Base, famous for its World War 2 involvement in maintaining Seaplane aircraft, mainly the Catalina flying boat.

After a wonderful night's stay with Ross and Kim at their beautiful property and Airstrip Playstation, we depart for Rathmines Seaplane Base, famous for its ...

09/07/2024

I have started editing the 360 footage. This is day one of our Around Australia adventure in Fast Forward. Let me know what you think.

100 years since the first flight around Australia, we set off from Caboolture Day one of our Around Australia adventure 2024 in Fast Forward.

24/06/2024

Searey VH-XWW Around Perimeter Australia Centenary Celebration Flight Stats.

Piloted by: David Geers and Cathy Babis
Date of departure: Saturday 30th March 24 from Caboolture (Qld)
Official departure: Saturday 6th April 2024 from RAAF Base Pt Cook (VIC)
Date of conclusion: Sunday 26th May 2024 at Caboolture (Qld)

Departure weight: 750 kilos, including all fuel and luggage
Total flying Hours: 117.6
Average speed: 76.13 knots
Distance flown: 8953 nm (16,581 kms / 10,330 mi)

Fuel consumption: 2,940 litres
Fuel average cost: $2.55 per litre
Fuel most exy p/l: $3.75 Mogas 91 at Kalumburu (WA)
Fuel cheapest p/l: $1.98 Mogas 98 at Airlie Beach (Qld)
Fuel total cost: $7497

Landings total: 71
Land landings: 53
Water landings: 18

Accommodation: 38 destinations
Landing Stops: 53
Days travelled: 58

Aircraft Issues: 1) 1 flat tyre (in Robe SA), 2) blocked pitot tube (on Kangaroo Island SA) and 3) 1 leaking oil line (on Horn Island NT)

02/06/2024

More pilotes… trying to fix the tachometer.

29/05/2024

27/05/2024

Circumnavigation completed!! Here are a few photos of yesterdays arrival, official presentation and celebrations. Thanks to everyone who assisted us along the flight around our beautiful country with accommodation, meals, tools, tours, cars, fuel, and assistance. The beautiful scenery was only surpassed by the beautiful people that helped us along the way, the strangers that we’d never met before. I am now looking forward to producing some footage from our 360 cameras, which have captured some amazing shots of the stunning Australian coastline and countryside. I now look forward to catching up with friends and family. Thanks for coming along on the journey with us. Regards David