Thread: What's here?

Originally Posted by solmanic

And they always look fine until short final then they turn into a ****ing moonscape.

yeh what looks like a curated cricket pitch from the flight levels is usually the Himalayas once your down there and committed to it haha

Originally Posted by T.Middo

Just had a look at it. to the west of trustcott?

Truscott Mungalalu Airport
For those who want to know where Truscott is -14.087297 126.38011

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Corunna Downs near Marble Bar

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That arctic plane rescue was sad viewing at the end certainly no fairy tale

Another site this one is now in a World Heritage area, the site is one of the two in the area made for exploration for Alluvial Gold, with the object still visible that was responsible for the mark.

-42.427357 146.242747

Clues;
Not a Caterpillar.
Jane River.
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Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

Using Google maps I came across this, it looks like a outline of a airstrip.
Is it a forgotten strip from the World War 2 days?

-14.000691 126.04927
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The site is on the Bougainville Peninsula which is part of the Uunguu - Stage 1 Indigenous Protected Area. I suspect that it may be related to some oil/gas exploration company - drill lines perhaps. It could be related to some defence activity dating back to WW2, especially given the closeness of Truscott. The people to contact are the Uunguu Rangers at the Kimberley Land Council. They patrol the area and may know some of the history of the Peninsula (see Uunguu Rangers « klc.org.au).

Cheers
KarlB

I doubt it's an airstrip. Firstly it's not pointed in the prevailing wind direction, and there's no geographic reason not to. 10/28 is the norm around there.

And the dark area - which might be the centre of the old strip - seems uncannily aligned with the creek outlet to the SW. It might be vegetation change due a rock fault line?

And there are plenty of other straight lines there too. My guess is oil or mineral.

Looking at it with a different date selected it looks a lot more like a creek or natural drainage. Also measuring it I 'm flat out measuring more than 600 metres.

Hendersen Field in Honiara at -9.429814 160.050070 is about 3km long including the bit they don't use anymore.

Regards,
Tote