My Flying Spot

The pictures below are the Oval I fly at. Its at Port Broughton South Australia ( I live away from the small town) on the coast but also its located pretty much on the edge of the start of the desert. Its in the transition spot going from normal arid to very arid and not far away is red dirt. This oval ( Ozzy Rules and Cricket ) and the golf course are the only green things for as far as the eye can see from here. The country towns spend a LOT of money on sporting facilities. I fly on this oval when its not being used for sport and its not being cut and watered. The grass is way too thick and lush for an 049 to use wheels for takeof and landing hence my launch table and drop off wheel. The half A scorpion is/will be subject of another thread. It is an awesome little Jigger.



Background are tennis courts, netball courts, basketball courts, clubrooms for all of the sports inc Ozzy rules and cricket.



Behind the trees in the background is a golf course that has 3 18 hole courses in play year round, is green as green, but does have scrapes instead of greens. You never ever have to wait to T off, payment is $10 for the day via an honour tin and you play as many rounds as you want in the day. Some groups play nine holes in the morning, go to the pub for lunch then come back and play the next 9 holes  or you can just go home for lunch as its in the town centre. Or of course do the traditional thing and just play straight 18 holes in one go.



The darker green strip left side just above centre is the cricket pitch. Its not a turf pitch. Its concrete covered with artifical grass that suits cricket. The expense of a turf cricket pitch is way too much for the town as you need six of them to rotate between them as a match wears and damages a pitch badly.

So thats a tour of the sporting facilities for the quaint little town of port broughton and where I generally fly my planes. I can also fly them on an oval at a town about 230/30 km away Mundoorah, but for about six months of the year the oval is soo hard bituman would be softer to fly over and its covered in calf height dead weeds that catch your lines and drive me mental.  

I live 5km out of Port Broughton in a very small beach shack community, and when I say shack I mean true shacks. Sheds that have been lined and put up by people themselves. These are not 2 story holiday houses where I am. Lots of water, sewerage, electricity, fire, building compliance problems here thats for sure, but I love it. Very few people, no shops, no services, no busses or taxis. Maybe 50 of us here permanent year round.

GaryB
'Yabby'