Well as far as aviation adventures go today is right up there with about as good as it
gets. So we're leaving the mining town of Mount Isa we are flying 306 nautical miles
up to Karumba, but before we go Catherine's been asked to undergo an alcohol and other
drugs tests so just waiting for the all clear and then we are ready to go.
We've just left Mount Isa heading for Kurumba. This is gonna be one good day's flying we're gonna
touch down briefly at Burketown and we have one good day of flying ahead.
Oh oh look at that no way. Yep don't tell the others they'll all want one. The mine just on the outskirts
of Mount Isa and they've just taken this down halfway to China. That is a really deep hole.
OK so we've got Burketown, so tell me everything I need to know about it?
OKso Burketown has an elevation of 21, very flat. Uh, it is run by Burkeshire council.
OK, Burketown is an isolated town located in the Gulf of Carpentaria in far Northwestern
Queensland. We're gonna make a quick stop here to change our camera batteries as you can see from
the footage we have gopro cameras attached to the wing strut and tail of our aircraft.
Anything attached to an aircraft must have an engineering order that is approved by CASA.
Nothing last minute about this, our paperwork was organized months before we even left.
There it is the Gulf of Carpentaria has just come into view, just.
If you're coming anywhere near the Gulf of Carpentaria you have to check out Karumba.
Crocs, crabs, barra, it's got it all here but it is a sleepy town so it's not to trick you into
complacency when you're coming into the airstrip there's a fair bit of air traffic you've got your
mining charter flights your fly in your flyouts you've also got your heli
joy flights as well in the area. The other thing about Karumba is that this place is frequented by
one third of Australia's water birds so there's a high possibility of bird strike when you are
coming in here, so you need to be on your game, but definitely worth coming to check out kurumba.
karumba is located in the Gulf of Carpentaria. It's where the outback meets the sea and it's
the only town along the Gulf of Carpentaria that's inside the Gulf itself. The town's economy revolves
largely around fishing and the century zinc mine. In the late 30s the town was a refueling
and maintenance stop for the empire flying boats of the Qantas empire airways the Gulf
of Carpentaria is also host to the morning glory. It's a roll cloud it's a season event that happens
between September and October. The clouds move in from the Gulf around sunrise at approximately 60
kilometers per hour. As the roll cloud moves through the atmosphere the air in front of
the cloud is pushed up and over the cloud. It's becoming a bucket list for glider pilots who soar
at pretty significant heights around above and in front of this amazing cloud in fact it's becoming
a draw card for any pilot who just want to see this natural occurrence with their very own eyes.