Back at Alice Springs airport again. I want to take a look at the airplane storage yard behind
me and i was going to do a fly over in Echo Yankee Zulu but i reckon there's a better aircraft that
we can choose to get some good shots hi cat hey hello this is an R44 exactly Robinson R44
Kat's our pilot today we're going to do about a 20-minute flight
over the top of the aircraft the sun is in a perfect position at the moment so it should be
some really good shots get close to the aircraft i'm looking forward to it me too let's go let's go
Kat thank you for lending me your jacket i'll borrow the jacket today apparently
it's going to be a bit bit chilly this morning i didn't think it would be that cold in the desert
here's me boy from melbourne coming to alice springs thinking it's
going to be hot in the desert but winter is coming winter is coming
foreign
Did you notice those pc-12s when we were coming in to land the royal flying doctor service operates
quite a few of them out of here in alice springs and the other reason i wanted to come down here
today is another aviation connection and it's all to do with the royal flying doctor service
This is the last resting place of a guy called John Flynn now if you know your Australian
aviation you may have heard that name he was the founder of the royal flying doctor service and
or as it was known in actually in 1928 it was the aim the Australian inland mission and if any
of you have flown around Australia before or just know anything about the vastness and remoteness of
this country what the royal flying doctor servers have done in almost 100 years of service is just
well you can't really sum it up in terms of the help for the local communities
just ferrying people around who need aid and looking after people in remote parts
of Australia i hear the royal flying docks of service on the radio so often
two three zero slow okay 49 decent flight level two three zero two three zero
and i have so much respect for the men and women who
who work to uh to keep the role flying doctor service flying so this is quite
a special place if you like your aviation in Australia i've been wanting to come here for
a little while pay my respects to someone who started a service which i have deep respect for
I didn't actually realize there's water down here
after all the rains that have come through i wonder if you can go for a
swim?
I don't know whether you can get an idea of the rocks that have fallen off here you can see the
rocks down here but look at the size of some of these rocks apparently as well just over there
quite often you get rock wallabies that come down here and drink from this watering hole but
so far my rock wallaby total is um yeah zero not okay like zero
so in the end this was only about a 25 minute drive out of alice springs really easy all
sealed roads you can get here you don't need a 4x4 you can get here in a normal car
if you're staying in alice springs come to Simpson's Gap, well worth visiting i reckon
come in the morning though because when the sun's on the other side you have the sun behind you
the light's not quite as nice for photography and videography but saying that though still stunning