Essendon Fields Centenary Celebration

The weather is beautiful these days. Blue clear skies, white fluffy clouds and sunny hot temperature reminds me of how lucky we are for such weather when there are floods in other parts of the country. 

We visited Essendon Fields to celebrate the centenary of the airport. The centenary celebrations was last year but postponed to Mar 22 due to Covid19. There were many events like classic car display, plane display, helicopter rides, food trucks and so on. 

We went on a short helicopter ride around the airport which was quite fun. It was my first time riding in a helicopter. A week later there was a tragic helicopter crash in Mount Disappointment which took the lives of 4 passengers and the pilot. 

Lifting off. It is really loud in the helicopter but the earphones helped to muffle the noise. Every bump was felt because there was limited padding in the helicopter, not much protection either! I sat in the middle and Gaz at the front where we got a bird's eye view of Essendon Fields. 

Another highlight of the day was getting to see many beautiful vintage cars beautifully and lovingly restored by their owners. Lindsay Fox's private collection was on display too but as it was getting late we didn't manage to make a stop. We didn't have to walk between attractions as the place was huge and there was a shuttle bus service so we only got a glance of the collection from the bus. 

Many people I spoke to about our helicopter ride had ridden on helicopters before. It seems like an ordinary, run of the mill type experience which I only got to enjoy very recently.