Has any one read of or been to the crash site of the Beautiful Bettsy ?.
We were there a few yrs back , very hard to beleive it took 50yrs to be found .
Now a memorial site ,all wreckage is protected .
For full story & pics ,
Google ; Beautifull Bettsy ;
Dont think you will be disappointed .
Disco Duck said
02:25 PM Dec 3, 2009
Awesome....Justcruisin.
Well worth the read.
Thanks!!
jimricho said
05:54 PM Dec 3, 2009
Thanks for that info justcruisin. I have good friends who live in Gladstone and travel up there regularly. I'll be there next April and again a bit later in the year so I've put it on my "to do" list.
brian & kerry said
11:25 PM Dec 3, 2009
Beautiful Bettsy? from the previous mail it must be somewhere in CQ and seeing we are from rockhampton i think we should know something about it but sorry we don't.
please inform us what it is and where
brian brian & kerry 505 coromal & duel falcon 2007
jimricho said
07:30 AM Dec 4, 2009
brian & kerry wrote:
Beautiful Bettsy? from the previous mail it must be somewhere in CQ and seeing we are from rockhampton i think we should know something about it but sorry we don't.
please inform us what it is and where
brian brian & kerry 505 coromal & duel falcon 2007
Don't know anything about Kroombit Tops other than having seen turn offs to it from the Dawson Highway near Biloela, and from the Many Peaks Road just out of Calliope. I think it's in the Calliope Range area.
I've emailed a friend in Gladstone who is familiar with that area to see if he has any more knowledge.
Jim
PS: Duel Falcon......what do you use?...Pistols? Swords?....I thought Duelling was no longer legal!
-- Edited by jimricho on Friday 4th of December 2009 07:46:38 AM
-- Edited by jimricho on Friday 4th of December 2009 07:44:51 AM
justcruisin01 said
10:51 AM Dec 4, 2009
brian & kerry wrote:
Beautiful Bettsy? from the previous mail it must be somewhere in CQ and seeing we are from rockhampton i think we should know something about it but sorry we don't.
please inform us what it is and where
brian brian & kerry 505 coromal & duel falcon 2007
Its a plane crash from the last war time, much easer to google Beautiful bettsy and rear than to describe it .
it is located east of Cannia Gorge .My sister was up that way a little earlier than us , the info & council at Monto was not real helpful as with maps etc .
The cav/park at Cannia gorge ,[vg park,,,,,,,,, thats the one right in the gorge] has a mud map ,,prefer paper ,its easer to carry ,of the area, its a full 4x4 day trip ,out accross private prop, gates etc ,to leave as found.
The MAP must be returned to the office on return from trip. This is a conformation of your return to the park
They dont need to organise a unnecessary search for you.as this is remote mountain country, dont panic , its easy enough with this map , & Cannia is a good location to do the trip from.
Enjoy & respect .
Di-n-Gary said
03:58 PM Dec 4, 2009
Hi Cruisin, we live in Boyne Is./ Tannum Sands area (near Calliope) and have been to the site several times, its a great day trip, Kroombit Tops is very nice,4wd only. Time hasn't been very kind to the wreck though-some of us know how that feels- but it's easy to see why it remained lost for 50 years. It's easiest access would be from Calliope, just out of Gladstone and anyone there could point you in the right direction
-- Edited by Di-n-Gary on Friday 4th of December 2009 03:47:30 PM
We were there a few yrs back , very hard to beleive it took 50yrs to be found .
Now a memorial site ,all wreckage is protected .
For full story & pics ,
Google ; Beautifull Bettsy ;
Dont think you will be disappointed .
please inform us what it is and where
brian
brian & kerry
505 coromal & duel falcon 2007
go to http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/qld89.htm also google "beautiful betsy". I'd never heard of it until reading this post. (thanks, "justcruisin")
Don't know anything about Kroombit Tops other than having seen turn offs to it from the Dawson Highway near Biloela, and from the Many Peaks Road just out of Calliope. I think it's in the Calliope Range area.
I've emailed a friend in Gladstone who is familiar with that area to see if he has any more knowledge.
Jim
PS: Duel Falcon......what do you use?...Pistols? Swords?....I thought Duelling was no longer legal!-- Edited by jimricho on Friday 4th of December 2009 07:46:38 AM
-- Edited by jimricho on Friday 4th of December 2009 07:44:51 AM
-- Edited by Di-n-Gary on Friday 4th of December 2009 03:47:30 PM