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Trip around the world in 63 days, 2003
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We landed in Melbourne, and the usual problems about seeds and shells we collected elsewhere. When this was solved we took a taxi with a not motivated Greek driver to the hotel. Next morning a taxi to the Kea Camper company to collect the camper. It was a nice, new Toyota even with hot and cold water. First again the town center to see if Nokia was able to fix the communicator, which failed on Fiji. In the Communicator the complete text of the website was already typed in, but inaccessible. I was so unmotivated to start all over again that it did last so long to get this site on the web.
When leaving Melbourne to the west, we noted the Australian Air Force Museum in the maps. We visited it, and it was not only free, but interesting as well. There were indigenous Australian designed fighters, like this CA-12 Boomerang, and training planes. Impressive was a Douglas A-20C Boston. Once the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) counted 6000 planes! It was a great experience. We got a special tour by a retired air force officer, who gave us the tip to visit a hanger of a former airfield, where enthusiasts are rebuilding a B-24.
Later we went to that reconstruction site of a B-24 Liberator. The remains of this huge
Four engine bomber were rebuilt to almost flying condition.