1966 : Geodetic party establishing an Aerodist station mark Barkley Tablelands. 1966 : Aerodist station mark Barkley Tablelands. 1966 : Aerodist station mark Barkley Tablelands. 1966 : At NMC 40 near Hay with Rom Vassil on Aerodist remote. 1967 : Groundmarking by party from Aerodist. 1967 : Aerodist groundmark by Aerodist party. 1967 : Original Aerodist caravan at station with remote equipment. 1968 : At SSM3453 near Wanaaring, NSW baro-heighting - photographer's shadow Oystein Berg. 1968 : At SSM3453 near Wanaaring, NSW baro-heighting. 1968 : Station establishment 6 miles from Bourke, NSW (L-R) Derek Hatley, Lawrie O'Connor & Paul McCormack. 1968 : Bourke, NSW main street. 1968 : Royal Hotel, Bourke, NSW. 1968 : Mt Glass trig near Louth, NSW. 1968 : Alan Mould with unknown at station. 1968 : Alan Mould on Tellurometer. 1968 : Oystein Berg on Tellurometer. 1968 : At Wari Wari Gate, NSW (L-R) Carl McMaster & Ian Rushton. 1968 : Haddon Corner plaque. 1968 : Oystein Berg at Haddon Corner. 1968 : (L-R) Oystein Berg & Paul McCormack at Haddon Corner. 1968 : (L-R) August Jenny & Blythe Osborne with ZSM 667 Land Rover Foward Control (FCLR). Vehicle Logo. A Jenny. A Jenny. Tellurometer connection to Aerodist station near Lake Nash. 1968 : A Jenny observing while 'block' drying - note 'station mould' still in position. 1968 : Ursa Major at a very low altitude. 1968 : Blythe (Speedy) Osborne. 1968 : Dajarra Hotel. 1968 : Simpson Desert. 1968 : Creek crossing in FCLR. 1968 : Creek crossing in FCLR. DIY mechanics - Speedy in action. Precision Barometer and Psychrometer for recording ambient air pressure and temperature. 1968 : Fairchild-Hiller FH-1100 helicopter VH-UHD chartered from Helicopter Utilities Pty Ltd. 1968 : 'Fly' camp. 1968 : Aerodist groundmark as seen from helicopter. 1968 : Far left corner (L-R) Carl McMaster & John Madden at station. 1968 : (L-R) John Madden, Ian Rushton, Carl McMaster & pilot Jack Palmer on site. 1968 : VH-UHD after transmission failure in the Simpson Desert. This photos taken after main blades had been removed and a fence was being erected to protect the machine from feral camels (L-R) Paul McCormack & Lawrie O'Connor. 1968 : Protecting damaged helicopter VH-UHD (L-R) Paul McCormack, Alan Mould & Laurie O'Connor behind Alan. 1968 : Protecting damaged helicopter VH-UHD in July with fencing (L-R) Paul McCormack and Lawrie O'Connor. 1968 : Helicopter Utilities pilot Harvey Else. 1968 : VH-UHD in July at Hay River camp slinging fuel with 2 POB and engineer John Moore. 1968 : (L-R) August Jenny, Carl McMaster, Ian Rushton. 1968 : Aerial of Simpson Desert shoiwing sesmic lines and connecting tracks. FCLR in the 'bulldust'. Refreshment! (August Jenny) 1968 : Threeways, NT. 1968 : Lawrie O'Connor at Tennant Creek with vehicles. 1968 : Enroute Hooker Creek. 1968 : Enroute Hooker Creek. 1968 : Creek crossing in FCLR (Oystein Berg driver and Graham McNamara the photographer). 1968 : Creek crossing in FCLR (Oystein Berg driver and Graham McNamara the photographer). 1968 : Creek crossing in FCLR (Oystein Berg driver and Graham McNamara the photographer). 1968 : Creek crossing in FCLR (Oystein Berg driver and Graham McNamara the photographer). 1968 : Enroute Hooker Creek - camp at NMG 142. 1968 : Camp at Hooker Creek. 1968 : Camp at Hooker Creek - pilot Jack Palmer watching engineer at work. Hooker Creek in 1967 - today Lajamanu. Hooker Creek in 1967 - today Lajamanu. 1968 : Hooker Creek - Tanami Track. 1968 : Hooker Creek - Tanami Track near Pink Lake. 1968 : Hooker Creek - Tanami Track. 1968 : Hooker Creek - Tanami Track. 1968 : Hooker Creek - Tanami Track. 1968 : Hooker Creek - Tanami Track. 1968 : Hooker Creek - Tanami Track. 1968 : Hooker Creek - Tanami Track. 1968 : On way down from Hooker Creek near Supplejack Downs - Lawrie O'Connor, Derek Hatley, Speedy Osborne & Roy Rayner. 1968 : Hooker Creek - Tanami Track. 1968 : On way down from Hooker Creek near Supplejack Downs. 1968 : Tanami Track - Oystein Berg alongside ant-hill. 1968 : Tanami Track - when the road became a river! 1968 : Tanami Track between The Granites and Refrigerator Bore. 1968 : Tanami Track between The Granites and Refrigerator Bore. 1968 : Trouble on the Tanami Track - waiting for the road to dry out!! 1968 : Tanami Track at The Granites. 1968 : Tanami Track near Refrigerator Bore. 1968 : Tanami Track at Refrigerator Bore. 1968 : Tanami Track country at Refrigerator Bore. 1968 : Tanami Track at Refrigerator Bore. Camp from wind-pump. 1968 : MacDonnell Ranges. 1968 : FCLR's in trouble! in Alice Springs - front and rear banjo casings of all the FCLRs had to be flown south for strengthening and then flown back. 1968 : FCLR's in trouble! in Alice Springs - front and rear banjo casings of all the FCLRs had to be flown south for strengthening and then flown back. 1968 : FCLR's in trouble! in Alice Springs - front and rear banjo casings of all the FCLRs had to be flown south for strengthening and then flown back. 1968 : FCLR's in trouble! in Alice Springs - front and rear banjo casings of all the FCLRs had to be flown south for strengthening and then flown back. 1968 : Interesting picture of Underdown's Hotel Alice Springs as most Natmappers who stayed there would remember it. If you look closely at the first floor balcony (above the tree at the rear of the FCLR) the figure is likely the Publican Lycurgus John Ricard Underdown (Uncle Ly). He was known for sitting there to keep an eye on the happenings in the town! 1968 : Alice Springs to Heavitree Gap. 1968 : Alice Springs to Heavitree Gap at dusk. 1968 : Alice Springs to Mt Gillen. 1968 : Alice Springs to the Riverside Hotel. 1969 : Riverside Hotel, Alice Springs. 1968 : Alice Springs to the west. 1968 : Alice Springs - Todd St. Circa 1950s : Alice Springs - Understood to be Todd St (Still courtesy of Peter Hocking from DRH's movie). 1968 : Alice Springs - Todd St. 1968 : FCLR at park at Simpsons Gap. 1968 : Lane clearing for Aerodist near Julia Creek with Blythe Osborne in action. 1968 : Base camp kitchen setup. 1968 : Radio communications. 1968 : Setup at cairn - John Madden with Graham McNamara at Tellurometer. 1968 : Mt Doreen. 1968 : Mt Doreen Homestead abandoned. 1968 : Mt Doreen country. 1968 : Near Anningie. 1968 : Near Anningie. 1968 : Near Anningie. 1968 : Willowra - ZSM 666 axle problem. 1968 : Willowra - ZSM 666 axle problem. 1968 : Willowra - Fairchild-Hiller FH-1100 helicopter VH-UHE (replaced VH-UHD) chartered from Helicopter Utilities Pty Ltd. 1968 : Willowra - Fairchild-Hiller FH-1100 helicopter VH-UHE. 1968 : Willowra camp. 1968 : Willowra camp. 1968 : Willowra camp. 1968 : Willowra camp aerial. 1968 : Willowra Homestead. 1968 : Willowra dusk. 1968 : Willowra dusk. 1968 : Willowra - Lander River. 1968 : Willowra - Lander River. 1968 : Willowra - Lander River. 1968 : Willowra region - Aerodist station viwed from an altitude of 1500ft. 1968 : Willowra region - Aerodist station viwed from an altitude of 3000ft. 1969 : Forward Control Land Rover ZSM 654 north of Steele's Gap in the Rodinga Range enroute Andado -Ringwood 11 June 69. 1969 : FCLR's & Bedford ZSU 201 at Old Andado enroute to Ringwood on 10 June 69. 1969 : Old Andado Station on western edge of Simpson Desert. 1969 : Jayrow's Helicopters, Hughes 500 369HS (VH-SFS) on ops in Simpson Desert. 1969 : Phil Cooke (pilot) & August Jenny - Jayrow's VH-SFS. 1969 : Jayrow's VH-SFS Hughes 500 instrumentation. 1969 : Phil Cooke - Jayrow's Hughes 500 pilot. 1969 : Aerial of Simpson Desert. 1969 : FCLR ZSM 666 being recovered. 1969 : Cause of FCLR's problems - sheared wheel-studs. 1969 : ZSM 666 rescued FCLR being recovered. 1969 : Alice Springs - vacant block opposite Underdown's Hotel Alice Springs. Ground Marking Party Bedford fuel truck, driven in 1969 by Terry Douglas. 1969 : In from the Stuart Hwy mud - Alice Springs - vacant block opposite Underdown's Hotel Alice Springs. 1969 : Paul McCormack drawing water for an all over wash at Liebig Bore about 300km west of Alice Springs on the way into Alice on a supply run from base camp at NMF 145 (Mt Tietkens) on Thursday 21 August 1969 with Bedford ZSU 262 in background. Liebig Bore was used as a water supply point by Nat Map survey parties since the early 1960s. 1969 : Church at Balgo Mission June 69. Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater from western side of rim on 13 August 2010. The Groundmarking party’s helicopter landed in the crater in mid-1969. Canning Stock Route No 51 Well Weriaddo on 12 August 2010. This was the site of the 2-5 July 1969 helicopter camp while main party base was at Balgo Mission. 1969 : Great Northern Highway crossing over the Fitzroy River at July 69. 1969 : Christmas Creek Homestead with airstrip far left. 1969 : Groundmarking's ZSM 644 at Cable Beach, Broome July 69. 1975 - Post phone at the end of the Callawa Creek Telegraph Line (foreground) with old Bell Bros trailer bus body left rear behind bush. In 1969 Bedford C 93794 was abandoned here as being unserviceable and by now nothing of it remained. 1969 : Bedford ZSU 262 on the Callawa Creek Telegraph Line track (between Callawa Homestead and the 'bus') July 69. 1969 : Camp at Swindell Field. 1969 : Establishing a station in the Great Sandy Desert (L-R) Milton Biddle & Cliff Dohle (Jayrow's pilot). 1969 : Kidson Field camp - Milton Biddle with the iPod of the day! 1969 : CSR No. 33 Well - Oystein Berg drawing water. 1969 : Giles Meteorological Station - (L-R) RAV, Milton Biddle & Giles OIC Mr Capon. 1969 : Jeff Fox & Oystein Berg at work. 1969 : Jeff Fox on the job. 1969 : Rawlinson Ranges - site of NMF 34 a station on the geodetic network. 1969 : Giles - camp with ZSU 262. 1969 : Cave near Docker River on 18 September 1969. It was where prospector LHB 'Harry' Lasseter sheltered in December 1931. 1969 : Approaching the Olgas. 1969 : The Olgas as seen from the east. 1968 : Approaching Uluru. 1969 : 'Scoutcar' ZSM 644 at Ayers Rock. 1969 : Approaching Ayers Rock by helicopter. 1969 : From VH-SFS passing over Ayres Rock in September 69. 1969 : Dave King (Eng) & Cliff Dohle (Pilot VH-SFS right) with Jeff Fox on Bedford tray. 1969 : Laurie McLean's Bedford (ZSU 262) at Uluru - can be seen in background of previous photo. 1969 : Camp at Uluru (Ayers Rock) where the helicopter became a temporary tourist attraction! 1969 : Ascent Ayers Rock. 1968 : Uluru -View down to Maggie Springs (Mutujulu Springs today) where DR Hocking has an asro-fix station NMH 150. 1975 : Uluru - Maggie Springs (Mutujulu Springs today) where DR Hocking has an asro-fix station NMH 150. Circa 1950s : Uluru - Maggie Springs (Mutujulu Springs today) marking location of DR Hocking's asro-fix (Still courtesy of Peter Hocking from DRH's movie). 1969 : Atop Uluru (L-R) August Jenny, Eric Marques, Oystein Berg undertaking Tellurometer connection. 1969 : Atop Uluru (L-R) Eric Marques, Andrew Turk, Oystein Berg. Circa 1960s : Photo of old Nat Map built 1958 cairn on Ayres Rock which was replaced in 1970 by the stone pedestal which is still there today. With this sort of tourist abuse it is no wonder that the cairn was replaced! Circa 1960s : Photo of old 1958 Nat Map built cairn on Ayres Rock edited to show the cairn's deformation when station used for the 1969 Tellurometer connection. 1968 : Photo of the condition of the cairn on Uluru, originally built in 1958 by Nat Map. 1969 : Movie composite showing the condition of the cairn on Uluru, originally built in 1958 by Nat Map. 1970 : Photo of the condition of the cairn on Uluru, originally built in 1958 by Nat Map. 1969 : Sunset from Uluru over Olgas. 1969 : Sunset at Uluru - setup for night astro-obs. 1969 : August Jenny at Uluru. 1968 : Olgas from Uluru rock cave. 1969 : Ayers Rock at sunset. 1969 : Tourists watching sunset on Ayers Rock. 1969 : Land Form on Tempe Downs Station September 69. 1969 : Camp near Areyonga, NT (Bedford, ZSU 282 facing left & Laurie McLean's Bedford ZSU 262 facing right with canopy open). 1969 : Areyonga - Phil Cooke & Andrew Turk vicinity Hermannsberg- Areyonga Rd with VH-SFS in background. MacDonnell Ranges aerial. MacDonnell Ranges aerial. 1972 : Underdown's Hotel Alice Springs from Anzac Hill (centre right) often frequented by Nat Map field parties. 1969 : Mt Gillen in the dusk - Alice Springs. 1969 : Forward Control Landrover convoy Alice Springs area - ZSM 881 at rear was only one left and driven by PJW in 1971. Tyre changing - Speedy in action. 1969 : At Coober Pedy - (L-R) Milton Biddle, Andrew Turk, Eric Marques (in centre vehicle cab) & Oystein Berg. 1969 : Coober Pedy (same vehicles as in previous from different angle). 1969 : Cooper Pedy. 1969 : Convoy on the way home in October 69 at the end of the field season - 'Speedy' Osborne driving the leading Bedford (ZSU 282) & Laurie McLean driving the second Bedford (ZSU 262) - Jeff Fox, August Jenny, Andrew Turk, Eric Marques, Milton Biddle and Oystein Berg were other members in this group. 1970 : Aerodist at Birdsville. Note Grand Commander fixed wing VH-EXZ behind Hughes 500 helicopter VH-BLO in background at left of image. 1970 : Birdsville. Vic Barkell in VH-BLO positioning fuel into the Simpson Desert from Birdsville for 1970 Aerodist measuring operations (Courtesy Ian Ogilvie). 1970 : Birdsville. Vic Barkell in VH-BLO positioning fuel into the Simpson Desert from Birdsville for 1970 Aerodist measuring operations (Courtesy Ian Ogilvie). 1970 : Aerodist ground mark under construction in WA. Peter Blake with the white paint. 1971 : Aerodist station marking at Raine Island, Coral Sea during 10 day occupation. 1971 : Aerodist station marking of coral cay in Coral Sea (tower removed after measuring completed). 1972 : Aerodist station marking along western side of the Great Australian Bight. Example of Aerodist station in rocky terrain. Example of Aerodist station in sandy terrain. Example of Aerodist station in farming country. Oystein Berg with VH-EXZ - Aerodist aircraft - 1968 Tennant Creek. Aerodist remote unit - 1968 Tennant Creek. Aerodist test equipment in mobile office which only lasted another field season in this configuration - 1968 Tennant Creek. javascript lightbox galleryby VisualLightBox.com v6.1