VH-KSK  Auster J/5 Adventurer                                          (c/n  2809)
                                
                              

                                       This Autocrat (the four seat J/5s were later named Adventurer in Australia) originally went to
                                       Gibbes Sepik Airways in New Guinea when new.   It returned to Australia in 1955 and had
                                       a series of owners until 1975 when its C of R was not renewed.   It was reactivated again in
                                       1982 and purchased by Alan Parise at RAAF Point Cook in 1988 who completed its restoration.
                                       The above (less than brilliant) shot is from the Barry Maclean collection and was taken at Pt.
                                       Cook in that era.  More recently it appears to be under yet another rebuild in North Queensland
                                       and owned by John Innes, of Bunya.  It is still currently registered, but its airworthiness status
                                       unknown.     The shot below, by Geoff Goodall, shows the aircraft at Griffith, NSW in July of
                                      1967.