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Australia Map Road

editor — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 19:37:50 +0000

FIRST STAGE TO JAPAN The Australian Navy took me into Sydney Harbour, and then I had to set about finding refuelling places and the necessary permits for the second half of my flight round the world. With the Gipsy Moth’s range as a seaplane reduced to 600 miles, I had to find a sheltered river or inlet every 500 miles or so where the half-ton seaplane could ride out the night at a mooring, and where there was someone who could understand my talk or signs, and where I could get some petrol. The first 2,000 miles up the coast

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Australia Road Map Online

editor — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 19:31:54 +0000

I dreaded the thought of Sydney, and its crowds, but my job was to reach it. The launch was crowded with sailors, and at 20 yards their robust personalities gave me a feeling of inferiority. I felt that I had to get away quickly. I asked the launch to tow me to the shelter of the breakwater, and a sailor slipped me a tow rope efficiently. I climbed out on to the float to swing the propeller, and as I swung it I noticed mares tails of sticky black soot on the cowling, due to the backfires. I wondered if

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