macca22au Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I have a soft spot for your Tooradin, its such a well made and fun airport. I position VH-SOM there and fly around the Westernport and Gippsland areas from there - apart from the odd quicky to Tyabb. However for some strange reason I took the trawler as representative of the real thing. It looks so good, even has nav lights, and seems ripe to be snatched back by the Russian mafia. Sadly a photo on Google Earth shows that the real thing is a rusty battered hulk, that wouldn't float in a cyclone. In one way I am pleased that your trawler is so posh, but my illusion has been shattered for ever. Meanwhile I took the Carenado 182RG for a ride from Redcliffe to Gympie over the Glasshouse mountains. FTX is superb and I did have an illusion of real world flying it is so good. You keep being thanked, but you deserve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnip Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hmmm Not being familiar with Australia like a native would be, I looked at those places on Googe Earth and saw no trawler / boat. I did find Canadian Bay tho. ( In Australia ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Archie Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hmmm Not being familiar with Australia like a native would be, I looked at those places on Googe Earth and saw no trawler / boat. I did find Canadian Bay tho. ( In Australia ) We just called it Canadian Bay to keep all the Canucks happy and feeling at home while they flew around in the FTX skies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 My sister runs a B&B in a suburb of Ballarat called Canadian, so there's more than one of those quirky place names Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted September 18, 2008 Author Share Posted September 18, 2008 Turnip: go into Google Earth, zoom in on Tooradin, where you should find a panaramio photo symbol at the eastern end of the strip. Open the photo, and voila, a rusty broken hulk that is plain ugly compared with the Orbx neat and tidy ship (taken from an object library I guess). As to Canadian Bay, and the suburb of Canada in Ballaraat. It just proves how far people travel in a gold rush, we even have places in Australia that bear the title of America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan2 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Maybe your sister likes those lumberjacks stopping over for the night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 ha, my first home was in Canadian in Ballarat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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