On April 8th 2025 I did my first flight to Redcliffe from Murwillumbah in RYC, the Murwillumbah Aero Club’s Cessna 172. I took Bill Dennis and Dean Litherland with me as company. They hadn’t flown into Redcliffe before and wanted to see what it was like before flying there in June for the Spot Landing State of Origin competition.

It was a perfect day for it with blue skies and no wind.

We followed the coast from Pottsville past Fingal Head and were cleared by the Gold Coast Tower over water to the north. There were great views as we passed the airport, and Surfers on our way to Stradbroke Island.

After flying over Stradbroke and Moreton Islands we cut across the bay to Bribie and then were soon overhead YRED.

After a short stop to say hello and introduce Bill and Dean to people at the club we taxied back out and took off again, track inland this time, “threading the needle” between Archerfield and Amberley, then over Kooralbyn and on to Murwillumbah.