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ll'lPORTANT lN FORI'4ATION lAgents may charge service fees and/or fees for card payments which vary. lf you book with Qantas Holidays an additional 1 .40/o feeapplies to creditor charge card payments and a $25 service fee applies to phone bookings. Prices correctat 1)April)010 but mayfluctuate ifsurcharges, fees taxes orcurrency change- Amounts payable to thircl parties not included. Ofers subject to avai abilit/. Please check all prices, availability and other information with your travelconsultant before booking. Child price based on staying with two adults and using existing bedding. Air{ares are not included. These hotel ratings are Qantas Holidays'view,not official ratings. Event tickets must be purchased with accommodation and cannot be purchased separately. Payment foreach event tickets is required at time ofbooking.Full payment required must be made within 7 days of booking. For bookings madewithin 30days of departure, full payment must be madeattime of booking.Tickets are

non-refundable. Conditions ofpaymentand otherconditions applyto the sale ofeventticket. Qantas Holidays cannotguarantee specific seating requests. Offers end on thedate set out above, unless sold out prion nYou must be a member ofthe Qantas Frequent Flyer program to earn and redeem points. A joining fee may apply. Ylembershipand points are subject to the terms and conditions ofthe Qantas Frequent Flyer program. Offer excludes Jetstar Asia and Jetstar Pacific air{ares. Bookings must be madedirect with Qantas Holidays or a travel agent. Qantas Holidays General Booking Conditions appiy, available at qantas.com/holidays. Qantas Holidays Limited ABN 24 003836 459. Licence No: NSW/ACT - 2TA 003 004, QLD - TAG 740, SA - TTA 48 115, VIC - 3'1288. oHDooT2/oL

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24 Tasnran a: Torr-ing the Nor-th East

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58 Townsvi lc Life in the Tr-opics

7 | Ltrxrrr-y Tr-opica Escapes

94 BRISBANE. War-m Up For- Winter-. Queens and lYrrseur-r1

. Queens and Theatre Company

. Events Calendar'

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42 P[rgged In w th Ray Shaw

44 Bornbard er-Q400

47 QantasLinl< Charter-s

75 Qantas: Fr-om Outbacl< to Overse.rs

ll4 Tr^avel News

77 Yr lsa Rodeo

78-79 Calendar- of Reg onal Events

80 Australian Festival of ChamberlY risic

8O Fraser Coast's Fanrily Furr

8 | Ylackay Arts Festival

82 FventfLr

B3 Or:tbacl< Trarlb azer s

75 People: Wrllranr Barton

83 Teanr Pinl<

84 Collecting w th Gor-don Brown

B5 Pr-operty

90 Resrona Food w th David Bent ey

9 Bool<s: fhe Ftil Duck Cookbook,

92 EdLrcat on

93 Bool<s: Thc Co/nlr/ef e Book olAu-str.o/rcn Wettther

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From Outbacl< to OverseasBy larnes Rawlins,

Qantas Founder-s lYuseum

Australia's national airline

Q.A.Nf.A.S. (Queensland AndNorthern Territory AerialServices Ltd) began on l6thNovember 1920, initially in Wintonin Queensland's Outback, thenmoving to Longreach beforerelocating to Brisbane and

ultimately Sydney. Ninety years on,

Qantas continues to lead the skies

for aviation in Australia and is theworld's most experienced inter-national carrier. Over this and thecoming editions we take a special

look back at the history of Qantas.

ln 1920 when Qantas was founded, the or ginal idea of offering joy

Irqlts and an ae,ial lari n'-op''essed lo an .r'r'm.r l service ard then'''5 '- " " '" T -b --'--

a passenger',rirlire to blidge the vast distances that isolated peopleI ving in Outback Queensland and the Northern Territory, Thefirst scheduled passenger flight took to the skies on 2nd November1927 from Charleville to Blackall, Longreach, Winton, YcKinlayand finally Cloncurry. lt had taken two days but the airline had

delrver-ed .ts f ir-st passenger- to hrs cestination, the har c/ B4 yea'--

old Alexander Kennedy.

The Or-rtbacl< had been a tough environment to launch an airline butwithin a decade Qantas was not only meeting the needs of remoteregronal communities, the company was beginning to turn its sights on

international serv ces, During 1934 Qantas was awarded a contractlo flv an ailm:rl ancl nrqqFnocl'qclrrire flnm Rrich:nc to Sino:nole

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pa'-t of the new A;stra ia to Engrand airmail ro:le. The a rcraft Qantaschose was the DH86, a four-engine bi-plane manufactured specifically

for international flights, Qantas' partner airline, lmperial Airways,

operated the remainder of the service.

In one of many firsts for Qantas, the airline flew at night betweenLongr-each and Cloncurry made possible by the flat terrain. A series

of revolving beacon lights mounted on windmill towers, each

revolving at a different rate, provided a rudimentary aid to navigation

and lit the way for the Qartas pilots. One ol tlrese hisLor-rc navrgarior

aids w ll soon be on display at the Qantas Founders Yuseum at

I onor-e:rh f)r reencland_" b .-_'

By early 1938 Qantas star-ted usrng Shor-ts'Emprr-e'or'C'CIass f ying

boats, which flew the entire distance fr-om Austr-alia to England,

travelling fr-om Sydney to Southampton. The flrght tool< nine and a ha I

tr' ^ rL^ -L n-^r '' ^ilnlc nnlv nncr:lce the air-cr-aft betwee.ud/>, Lr rvuxr \<'drrtd> PilvL) ur il/ vPrroruu rrrL

Austr-alia and Singapore. The Empire flying boats were l<nown forthesheer luxury they provided to theil passenger-s, There was even a

nr-nmenrdc dee L nn rhe air-c,-aft whe;e ch'ldr-en co'tld nlav. orH',""',-'V"'t-''' '^ t) L - - r o:me of arroirq or- clocl oolf S:div thePd5)ql lSsl > LUUIU lldvs (r 6u, I

outbreal< of World War ll interrupted the flying boat service with

some of the aircraft seconded by the RAAF.

In 1943, to re-establish an air route fr-om Australia to the United

Krngdom ear,ier severed by the Japanese, Qantas secletly star-teoi..;^^ /^-+-;^- fr..i^^ k^-ts across the Indian ocean between Perthrrlil 13 voLorrra rrlr 15 uva

and Ceylon (now Sri Lanl<a). The Catalina flights were some of the

longest ever- flown by a commercial airline. Qantas stiil holds the

wo.ld air'lire endur'ance recold fo,-tnese ilights. whicl'could'asL -pto 3 | hours and 45 minutes. Passenger-s wrtnessed two sunrises

before landins and received 'Secret Order of the Double Sunrise.- b _ " .'_.'

cer-trficates sisned bv thei'- -'^*';^ "te thel'adventlre..' '! 'l

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As part ofthe flight traversed hostile Japanese controlled airspace, the

plots hao Lo maintair complsls raoio silence to avoid detecLon using

the stars for navigation at night, and 'dead recl<oning', which was

essent:ally usrng a corpass. wind speed and oirection olus a l,ttle guess

work to stay on course during the day.

Liberators were used to suDplement the Catalinas on the Indian Ocean

service but Qantas continued to operate Catalina flying boats until

1958. After the war, Qantas used Lancastrians and Hythe flying boats

to recommence overseas air services to England but these conversions

of wartime aircraft were not entirely suitable and purpose built airliners

were desperately needed.

The next chapter in Qantas' rnternational story, was the Lockheed

Constellation, or 'Connie' as they where affectionately l<nown The

first 'Connie' was delivered to Qantas in 1947, the same year that

Qantas was nationalized and started the famous 'Kangaroo Route,' an

incredibly fast four and a half day flightto London. The larger and faster

Qantas Super Constellations commenced operations in 1954. The

Constellation and later the Super Constellation, were the aircraft that

enabled the transport of relatively large numbers of people as well as

freight through the airi continuing the Qantas tradition of reliable and

comfortable transport.

ln 1956 Qantas made the momentous decision to order Boeing 707-

138s, The new jets arrived in 1959, heralding the dawn of the Jet Age

Waltzing Matilda .GentreMoro

The Waltzing Matilda Centre is lhe only museum in the world

dedicated to a song. Salf guided iours allow you lo experience

this multi-atttard winning atlracfion af your 0$/n Pace.

o Billabong Theatretteo Home of the Legends Exhibitiono Qantilda Museum

o 0ufback Regional 0allery. Coolibah Caf6 ' ;o Stalion Store

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XstrataMount lsa Rotary Rodeo

Largcst Rodeo in thc SoLtthet-tr Hetrisphet-c

The Xstrata lYount lsa Rotary Rodeo is where the romance

of the Australran Outback meets the grit of a mining town.

It's where crty meets country, east meets west, man meets

Deast.

Wlth a pacl<ed program of rodeo events: saddle bronc

riding, bareback bronc riding, bull riding, rope & tie, steer

wrestling and team roping, ladies barrel racing and ladies

breal<away roping this year's rodeo is set to be the best

yet. And that's just in the ring.

lhrow n a Corntry lYusic Fesrival, Roving tnLertainers. a

lYardi Gras & Light Spectacle, Brophy's Boxing Tent, Queen

Quest, Yailman Express Horse Sprint Race, Bush Poets

Breal<fast, Best Dressed Premises competition, Side Show

A11ey and you've got one big party.

During Rodeo Weel<, lYount lsa's population swells two-fold with travellers from around the country and overseas

to witness the thrills, excitement, raw Power and courage

that is rodeo. lt has been more than 50 years since a group

of visionary Rotarians decided to 'thinl< big' to put Yount lsa

on the map. The result an event with a past as nch as the

prize money it offers.

Soal< up the atmosphere, the dirt, the grit and the mettle ofthis event. Witness world-class rodeo action in a purpose

built state-of-the-art rodeo arena with undercover seatrnS

So, saddle up, don your best jeans, shine the spurs and grab

the cowboy hat. YOU RE lN FOR ONE HECK OF A RIDEI

6,7 & B August 2010 EVENTS

Where:Buchanan Park Events Complex,Cnr Sutton & George Streets,Mount lsa

When:5 to 8 August 20l0For more information on the event orticketing:

Call (07) 4743 2706Emailenq uiries@ isarodeo.com.auor check out our websitewww.lsarod eo.com. au

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