FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 27 November 1935, Page 6

FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA

FOURTEEN DAYS IN AIR ENGLISH WOMAN S ADVENTURE RECENT VISITOR TO WANGANUI I ntil recently spending a quiet • oi’day in Wanganui was a charming English lady who. within the past few weeks, had travelled from England to Visiralia by air. She eluded the' crowds and enjoyed that prhaey which 1 m most, appreciated when hardest to .1' hie\ e. She did not wi>h for an' _• publicity and declined to allua her ! name to be published. Hie is probably the iir>r utn.au wav has taken advantage of the entire aii •>ule. and her experience i.* uu«* | which might well be envied by lover* j • » adventure. For such a journey is I no half-hour flight! Fourteen days • •went in skimming through the blue I - ault of made one realise the tie j mendous rotundity of the world. The tourist, in an exclusive interview. • '■.•ri’oed the voyage by air as being m | tensely interesting from beginning t«» . ••nd. and a.i episude that could never -'ip from the mind. The system of ae>.-omiu«»daiiun "n air ’rausport is apparently most intriguing. \t frequent intervals, itinerary <a. Is are issued, des.-ri bed detail* the next stops, the length of limp tv be •pent there, instruction.' regarding the uour to dine, a description of the uev. 'plane o be used, and the hour the j journey recommences. Menu cards an* «!»•» issued. The catering. as |*ortrayed this experienced tourist, is exceed' ngiy complete and la\i.-h. and a study of the fourteen day programme is I ke raking a peep into the distant future. When «»hp considers the thousands o' - miles that are passed over in the 1 ••.lie—a route made famous a? the t rnp of Melbourne's • vlebrailonF—olw realises the power man i> gaining ••• er the natural force'. Over lane and water the greit a r.-hip' glide, ••’tie.- with their mosques and •aihcu air. their cabarets and their ban • Diet ball' slipping into the Beyon«s ->• >hip' that pass in the night. • Ini' intrepid tourist stated that toe European and Asiatic portion' of the i journev were n no way’terrifying- | ♦*■ en the sinister Timor crossing Indd I no terror tor h<r. Contrary to th* ( general opinion, «!>.• stated.’ the .\ustr:: j an “ho.” from Darwin to the wouth I a;- o tre j?nri.ey. i.ut incidental}' I ■hr most n«eu. Sneepfarmerr made i great use of the 'place s yr\ f ,,: j Although tiie plane'—;gut of were used in stages throughout the . journey—were alniv-t full, this Eng ! • h lady was actually the only person | r. ho tnaJr the entire journey. What « ’ record she ha* to look back. up.hi. an•: , huA manv New Zealanders would be ’ willing to have lived her life over the ■ past tew month-! Yet the tourist is I 4 P'v retiring, and rarely discusses her’ fournev until urged intn conversation ! •j A ' - -