Thursday the 26th Sept No Morning Glory today. Got up and went through the motions. Saw a cloud go through before daybreak but know one got up in it. We all took aff in different directions. John and I went…
Wednesday the 25th September Well this morning was a real WOW day. We knew it was going to be good so got up at 4:30am. We did the ritual breakfast, get ready and walk to the airport. Shammy the heavy…
Tuesday 24th September Yaaahhhh! Never been so keen to wash the wings of an aircraft. The heavy dew is a good sign and its all looking good. Much the same but different. And turn inland to surf back out to…
Monday the 23rd September Another none event for the Morning Glory but it is looking promising for tomorrow. The wind is set to change to Northerly and this will bring some moisture inland. This is what we want. Anyways not…
Sunday 22nd September Got up early and went through the motions but no Glory today. Flew around the coast a bit and headed back to Burketown.
Saturday the 21st September Ok so we do some investigation to find out what the go is from some of the other pilots here. Most have been here before. So they get up at 4:30am have breeky and get to…
Friday 20th September 2013 The next day we headed off early as we had a big leg up to Burketown with a stop at Cloncurry for fuel. It was the Harvest Moon last night and we got pictures of it…
Thursday the 19th September Day two and we say goodby to Barcaldine around 7:30am. Thanks to Ian who kindly got up early to pick us up and take us to the airport. As we are getting some breakfast at…
Wednesday the 18th September Day one saw us fly from Bundaberg through Thangool (south of Bileoela), Alpha and land at Barcaldine some five hours flying and 401nm averaging 79.5kts.We left Bundy at 7:29am and got into Barcy at 12:31pm. Barcy…
The Morning Glory Trip – 18th September 2013 The day has come; 18th September and I am off on a journey to Burketown in search of the elusive Morning Glory roll cloud. Our trip is to begin from Hervey Bay…