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April 2022 Exhaust Notes - Edition No 312 

SHORT RIDE REPORT –

4th April 2022

Photos and report by the Lens

Down Baarnip, right and left through the Mt Duneed suburb with a right into Torquay Rd and down
Warralily to Barwon Heads Rd. and a left into Lake Rd. And we wind our way down to the Barwon
Heads Airport. This is our surprise stop off visit. We met up with a family friend of ours and his
aeroplane. The gentleman's name is Don and his aircraft is a Auster. (Check out photo`s) (I will give a
back story on Don and his Auster
and the end of this write up)
Well a half hour visit, and we are on
our way. Over to 13th beach, through
Barwon Heads, up Wallington Rd.
left and right into Curlewis Rd. up to
and right into Port. Rd. and a left
into the suburb of Curlewis, and into
Bayshore Drive and then into the
Golf Club.

That's the ride done, (approx. 85k`s)
now into the munchies. Good quick
service, and a great meal. As I said
previously, some others met us there.
Phil W. and his wife drove straight
there, my wife was there, Mark N. Mike A. John G. wife`s met us there also. We had a total of 15. A
fantastic turn out considering the weather.
Now Don and his Aeroplane. Don has owned this aircraft, an Auster, for 30 years or so, and it has
been a slow gradual rebuild over this time. Over the last 6 months he has given 100% of his time and
is now ready to go flying. He has done
some taxi tests with it, and he admits it
may have left the ground just a "little", but
technically he still is waiting on the
paperwork to be completed before he
heads to the sky. Don tells me when the
weight of the paperwork exceeds the gross
weight of the aircraft, he will have the go
ahead and take it flying. Now the aircraft
was built in England but the motor was
built in Australia. Yep it`s a Holden
Motor. Not your Holden red or grey side
plate motor but a DE Haviland designed
Gipsy Major motor built by GMH at
Fisherman's Bend. They built heaps of

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