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Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

Soz, just saw this post RW. Thanks for sharing!

There's more info available on pprune, including links to a youtube vid and some more pics.

https://www.pprune.org/pacific-gener...-airstrip.html

A little of topic, but I have some pics of my old man and his colleagues on the flightline maintenance on Mirages in Butterworth from around 1975. Amazing to see the lack of ppe back then! Shorts, socks and boots was all that was required, out in the heat and sun

Yes thank extra bit of interesting information.

I remember the original airfield as it falls in the Hunter Water Catchment.
This area is off limits to the general public but we managed to get approval to mountain bike there.

The permit allows you to ride behind the current Williamtown RAAF base all the way through their bombing range (on demand) and as far as Lemon Tree Passage.
Fascinating place it is.

btw my current PPE is the same, shorts, socks and boots.