Fran West Flyabout to Bruny Island, Tasmania

I like to try landing on various airstrips, not only for the challenge but also for the entry in my log book.

Bruny Island, named after Frenchman Bruni D'Entrecasteaux, is a tiny island off the southeast coast of Tasmania, not that far from Hobart. So, during my circumnavigation of Australia, I decided to land there.

The strip wasn't very long, so I did a short field landing, turned the plane around, taxied back along the runway and took off. Short and sweet!

A feature of the island is The Neck, a long skinny isthmus, which divides North Bruny and South Bruny.

For a small island it seemed to be a big magnet for the early European maritime explorers - Dutch, English and French.