Tagged: Qantas

Longreach Trip – Qantas Founders Museum 2

Longreach Trip – Qantas Founders Museum

During my road trip to Longreach, I attended the Qantas founders Museum.   Qantas is the second oldest continually operating airline in the world, after KLM.   It was founded in Winton, Qld in 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services (Q.A.N.T.A.S)..  The home base was established at Longreach, based on the railway. The museum covers the early history of the airline as a pioneering...

Longreach Trip – Day 5 – Longreach 3

Longreach Trip – Day 5 – Longreach

The fifth day of our trip would be the day we finally arrive in Longreach.   This trip has been much more about the journey than any one destination, but Longreach is the furthest point from Sydney we will reach.   It also marks the transition from our journey there to our journey home. We started out early in Barcaldine.  As with our start in Monto,...

Youngtimer Sacco Day 2021 4

Youngtimer Sacco Day 2021

Today was the MBCNSW Youngtimer Sacco Day 2021 – The second annual event.   The day is to commemorate the cars of Bruno Sacco, head of design at Mercedes-Benz from 1975-1999.   As with last year, the event was held at the HARS aviation museum.   This event has become one of the biggest on the MBCNSW calendar. Unfortunately we had heavy rain most of the day. ...

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