City of Bunbury
Longreach, Queensland is an interesting place. It is the town where the airline QANTAS was born. In recognition of this, there is a museum called QANTAS Founders Outback Museum at Longreach Airport. As part of the exhibits, they have QANTAS’ very first Boeing 747 aircraft on permanent display - for AUD$19 you can get a guided tour of the aircraft too.
The Boeing 747 aircraft is named “City of Bunbury” (Bunbury is a town in Western Australia). It is an incredible sight. You drive through the desert and reach Longreach expecting yet another sleepy little outback village (they all look much the same after a while)… but the first thing that hits you is the incongruous sight of a great big white and red Qantas 747 sitting by the roadside.
