Community Calendar

It’s the 1940s. Loca­tion, Nar­wi­etooma Station. 

It’s Daphne (Camp­bell) Calder filmed on Nar­wi­etooma Sta­tion gal­lop­ing in front of low fly­ing DC3 air­craft in her role as Mary Par­sons in The Over­lan­ders, a clas­sic Aus­tralian movie which hit the screens in 1946.

A clas­sic cat­tle dri­ve across 3 states, Abo­rig­i­nal stock­men, some bad­dies, ever watch­ful croc­o­diles, a pos­si­ble Japan­ese inva­sion & of course Out­back romance…The Over­lan­ders has got the lot! 

AND…we’ve got a copy of the movie. Join us for this clas­sic movie show­ing as part of Her­itage Week cel­e­bra­tions this com­ing Wednes­day evening on site at the Cen­tral Aus­tralian Avi­a­tion Museum. 

Full Moon Tales — Flight boards at 5.30pm. You’ll be ​‘back’ in time for the movie.

He flew a num­ber of the planes that are on dis­play in the muse­um. Cap­tain Fred­do (David Fred­erik­sen) has a log­book pep­pered with colour­ful sto­ries which he’ll share this Wednes­day’s Full Moon Tales as part of Her­itage Week activ­i­ties. Come & lis­ten to tales of fly­ing as it was. Board­ing at 5.30pm. Flight will land in time for the clas­sic Aus­tralian movie, The Overlanders. 

Bring your own snacks. We’ll pro­vide Tea & Coffee.