Dustyone
Well Known Member
In June this year,my wife and I had a week off and were able to complete a trip
out west that had been on our"bucket List" since completing the RV-10.
The trip was to take us to the outback towns of Charleville and Longreach then a short stay at Hamilton Island ,then Mackay and then home to Redcliffe.
With the low winter sun in Australia at that time of year,we departed to Charleville,
We flew out at 4500ft to take the opportunity to have a good look around at all the cattle stations and properties on the way out.What was a surprise to me was how poor the Garmin Database for outback Australia was.The Dynon loaded with Avplan mapping showed every cattle station that had a strip where as the GTN750 would only show the major towns.So pushing the direct to on the Dynon gave your way more options than the Garmin.Garmin has since advised they are working on a fix for some time next year.
Charleville is a small country town of only 3700 people but is famous for many historical events in the growing days of Australia.One of the main reasons to visit Charleville is the Cosmos Observatory.
http://www.cosmoscentre.com/
A small observatory staffed by passionate astronomers who give amazing presentations of the Southern sky every night.
Tied down safely at Charleville,
The next day was a walk around town and a wonderful tour of Charleville's Historic House.
https://www.charlevillehistorichouse.com.au/
A time capsule of all things from the last 200 years in outback Australia.
Followed by lunch ,(you are in beef county !)
out west that had been on our"bucket List" since completing the RV-10.
The trip was to take us to the outback towns of Charleville and Longreach then a short stay at Hamilton Island ,then Mackay and then home to Redcliffe.
With the low winter sun in Australia at that time of year,we departed to Charleville,
We flew out at 4500ft to take the opportunity to have a good look around at all the cattle stations and properties on the way out.What was a surprise to me was how poor the Garmin Database for outback Australia was.The Dynon loaded with Avplan mapping showed every cattle station that had a strip where as the GTN750 would only show the major towns.So pushing the direct to on the Dynon gave your way more options than the Garmin.Garmin has since advised they are working on a fix for some time next year.
Charleville is a small country town of only 3700 people but is famous for many historical events in the growing days of Australia.One of the main reasons to visit Charleville is the Cosmos Observatory.
http://www.cosmoscentre.com/
A small observatory staffed by passionate astronomers who give amazing presentations of the Southern sky every night.
Tied down safely at Charleville,
The next day was a walk around town and a wonderful tour of Charleville's Historic House.
https://www.charlevillehistorichouse.com.au/
A time capsule of all things from the last 200 years in outback Australia.
Followed by lunch ,(you are in beef county !)