From the outback to the sea: Virgin’s rural expansion
The western Queensland outpost of Cloncurry will have direct flights to Brisbane just in time for Christmas, writes Ben Sandilands.
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Ben Sandilands Editor of Plane Talking @PlaneTalking
Ben Sandilands has reported and analysed the mechanical mobility of humanity since late 1960 - the end of the age of great scheduled ocean liners and coastal steamers and the start of the jet age. He’s worked in newspapers, radio and TV in a wide range of roles as a journalist at home and abroad for 56 years, the last 18 freelance.