One of the most original live entertainments ever staged on Lord Howe. Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” directed by Brett Nichols with an amazing cast of local actors.

The Waterfront Wars sequence detailing the tussle between Trans Oceanic Airways and Qantas over bitter rivalry on the Lord Howe route.

Blast From the Past Special – 50th Anniversary of the Lord Howe Airstrip (Part 2 continued).

Letter to the editor about the early flying boat services to the Island.

Blast From the Past Special – 50th Anniversary of the Lord Howe Airstrip (Part 2).

The plan to build a Lord Howe Island airstrip had at least a 20-year timeline. Whilst articles about the strip occasionally appeared in the mainland press, no one followed the story more closely than the owner/editor of the Island Signal, Jim Whistler. Jim loved the flying boats but he knew they would eventually be superseded by land-based aircraft.