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| '''Gundaroo Airport''' {{airport codes||YGDO}} is a private airstrip located approximately {{convert|2|km|abbr=on}} south of the village of [[Gundaroo, New South Wales|Gundaroo]] in the [[Southern Tablelands]] region of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. The airport is on the grounds of "Talagandra Station"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sparks |first=Hannah |date=12 May 2021 |title='Whatever will happen to Dick?' How an icon came to call Gundaroo home |url=https://search.app/4qeoUtYXZAP9WxzC7 |website=About Regional}}</ref>, on which is the historic "Bowylie Homestead", once the home of American actress [[Maud Jeffries]] and now the country estate of high-profile Australian aviator and entrepreneur [[Dick Smith (entrepreneur)|Dick Smith]]. The airfield is home to the Bowylie Flying Club, a museum collection of aviation memorabilia and amateur radio equipment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2010/20100422-1/index.php|title=WIA Centenary Weekend – Sunday BBQ at Aviation & Radio Museum|publisher=The Wireless Institute of Australia|access-date=13 April 2013}}</ref> The airside facilities are linked to the private homestead by a [[miniature railway]] which intersects the taxiway, requiring aircraft to give way to trains. The airfield may be available to the public by prior arrangement and has been a destination for aero clubs. The airfield has hosted a bi-annual rally for [[scale model|large scale]] [[Radio-controlled aircraft|model aircraft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrcs.org.au/component/content/article/88-bowylie-the-inside-story|title=Bowylie – the inside story|publisher=Warringah Radio Control Society Incorporated|access-date=13 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013042...e/88-bowylie-the-inside-story|archive-date=25 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> This event attracts participants from clubs across Australia. | '''Gundaroo Airport''' {{airport codes||YGDO}} is a private airstrip located approximately {{convert|2|km|abbr=on}} south of the village of [[Gundaroo, New South Wales|Gundaroo]] in the [[Southern Tablelands]] region of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. The airport is on the grounds of "Talagandra Station"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sparks |first=Hannah |date=12 May 2021 |title='Whatever will happen to Dick?' How an icon came to call Gundaroo home |url=https://search.app/4qeoUtYXZAP9WxzC7 |website=About Regional}}</ref>, on which is the historic "Bowylie Homestead", once the home of American actress [[Maud Jeffries]] and now the country estate of high-profile Australian aviator and entrepreneur [[Dick Smith (entrepreneur)|Dick Smith]]. The airfield is home to the Bowylie Flying Club, a museum collection of aviation memorabilia and amateur radio equipment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2010/20100422-1/index.php|title=WIA Centenary Weekend – Sunday BBQ at Aviation & Radio Museum|publisher=The Wireless Institute of Australia|access-date=13 April 2013}}</ref> The airside facilities are linked to the private homestead by a 2 foot (610 mm) [[minimum gauge railway]] <ref>{{Cite web |last=Fickes |first=Dale |date=30 January 2022 |title=Steam Locomotive Information |url=https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=5590 |website=Steam Locomotive Info}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Steam Locomotives in New South Wales, Australia |url=https://www.steamlocomotive.com/survivors/?country=AUS&state=NSW}}</ref> which intersects the taxiway, requiring aircraft to give way to trains. The airfield may be available to the public by prior arrangement and has been a destination for aero clubs. The airfield has hosted a bi-annual rally for [[scale model|large scale]] [[Radio-controlled aircraft|model aircraft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrcs.org.au/component/content/article/88-bowylie-the-inside-story|title=Bowylie – the inside story|publisher=Warringah Radio Control Society Incorporated|access-date=13 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013042...e/88-bowylie-the-inside-story|archive-date=25 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> This event attracts participants from clubs across Australia. |
| ==See also== | ==See also== |
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