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Post by Swampy on Apr 13, 2014 2:12:27 GMT -5
The greatest war in history is no match for vegetation. Environmentalists, take note. |
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Post by Sir John on Apr 13, 2014 3:26:55 GMT -5
Interesting, I have been to many ex military airfields and bases in the Australian Top End, and seen much rusting stuff all over the place. Abandoned trucks and aircraft debris from crashes etc.
One B24 dispersal bay at Fenton Field was interesting, a major oil spill had left the ground devoid of any vegetation, just some lonely blades of grass.
SJ
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Post by Swampy on Apr 13, 2014 3:31:42 GMT -5
One B24 dispersal bay at Fenton Field was interesting, a major oil spill had left the ground devoid of any vegetation, just some lonely blades of grass. And those lonely blades of grass can grow into a rainforest, digesting the oil. |
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Post by Sir John on Apr 13, 2014 13:30:28 GMT -5
This was in 1998, 43 years after the war.
The 30 or so bays were all overgrown except this one.
Bob Hope and Gary Cooper called Fenton "the most isolated place they had ever been". It suffered about 3 jap air-raids including one bomb hit in June 1942 that hit the runway and the repair job can still be seen
13.37.18.11 S
131.20.20.03 E
-13.627278° 131.332004°
SJ
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Post by premier1 on Apr 14, 2014 0:37:55 GMT -5
I didn't know that Chinese Junks were used.
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