Mad Max, the Road Warrior
Description: Broken Hill, as far west as you can get in NSW, is famous for two things: the BHP mining company and Mad Max 2, the greatest road movie ever made. Director George Miller cast a young Mel Gibson as the eponymous road warrier in iconic the post-apocalyptic Mad Max trilogy. Generations of Aussies grew up driving too fast as a result. But all in good fun. One of the household names in Australian industry is Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP). It began mining in 1885 with silver, lead and zinc mines in Broken Hill and evolved into a major force in iron ore, copper, oil and gas, diamonds, silver, lead, zinc and steel manufacture.
Australia
location_cityN.S.W. | Far West
flight_takeoffYBHI Broken Hill
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 3
tagBorder Patrol
tagDam spottingWater and Cotton
Description: Explore the vast irrigation bores, reservoirs and ditches around Collarenebri, and fly over Moomin Gin. In 1962 a small group of pioneering cotton growers formed a cooperative at Wee Waa and processed 98 bales of cotton in the first year. Today Namoi Cotton processes up to 84,000 bales per week at it's 11 facilities. In 1794 the first cotton gin patent was granted in the USA to Eli Whitney. Today at Moomin Cotton Gin the process of separating cotton lint from it's seeds with the descendants of Whitney's invention.
Australia
location_cityN.S.W. | Far West
flight_takeoffYCBR Collarenebri
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 3
tagBridges
tagAiportsClancy of the Overflow
Description: Named after Governor Lachlan Macquarie, the fifth governor of NSW (1810 to 1821) the Lachlan River runs east to west through Forbes. Australian schoolchildren know it from the iconic Aussie poem "Clancy of the Overflow" by Banjo Paterson.
NOTAM: The plains around the Lachlan River are so flat that hills of 500 feet stand out starkly and are useful aids to navigation. Where there is no terrain relief at all, look for junctions of straight lines such as road and rail intersections.
Australia
location_cityN.S.W. | Central West & Orana
flight_takeoffYFBS Forbes
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 3Pearls in the Desert, Airport on a Lake
Description: The water management scheme at Menindee Lakes was started in 1949 and acts as a storage area for tje outflow of nine major river systems. Lake Tandou, at the south west end, is protected from flooding, used to grow a variety of crops and has it's own airport. The main lakes, from north east to south west are: Lake Malta, Lake Wetherell, Lake Balaka, Lake Bijijie, Lake Tandure, Lake Pamamaroo, Lake Speculation, Lake Menindee (the largest lake), Emu Lake, Lake Cawndilla, Kangaroo Lake and Lake Pamamaroo.
NOTAM. As of June 2023 MSFS shows Tandou Lake YTAD as being out of service. Menindee YMED is also out of service.
Australia
location_cityN.S.W. | Far West
flight_takeoffYBHI Broken Hill
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 3
tagAiportsWellington and Lake Burrendong
Description: Discovered by John Oxley’s Lachlan River expedition in 1817 at the junction of the Bell and Macquarie Rivers, Wellington is the second oldest New South Wales settlement west of the Blue Mountains. Named after the Duke of Wellington, in 1823 the government established a settlement there with 12 cows and 40 sheep. The colony fell into some disrepair and was revived ten years later by the arrival of Lutheran missionaries. The man-made irrigation reservoir at Lake Burrendong was built over the period 1946-1967 and now holds more than three times the water of Sydney Harbour.
NOTAM: Wellington Airport YWEL runways 13 and 31 are inoperative as of May 2023 due to maintenance.
Australia
location_cityN.S.W. | Central West & Orana
flight_takeoffYMDG Mudgee
airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 3
tagDam spotting
tagCanyon runs & Mach Loops