Lake Boga Catalina Memorial Needs Help.

G'day All,

I was able to visit the Lake Boga Catalina Memorial at Lake Boga the other day. I was up that way for work and on the way home thought I'd have a quick look in.

I was able to talk to one of the volunteers there who showed me around, Thanks Graham too, he showed me some of the items they recovered from the lake recently which is now bone dry due to the terrible drought we continue to endure here in Australia. 5 under carriage assemblies for an amphibian Cat and various other trinkets were quite interesting to look at and they have since restored one full set to bloody fantastic condition! Anyways Graham showed me the new plans for the Memorial which include a new hanger which is due to start any tick of the clock, and the restoration of their composite Catalina A24-30 which is due to begin as soon as the Hanger is finished which should be in December according to Graham. He and I had a great chat and after talking to him he told me of the Memorials desire to get 2 1830 Engine which equipped the Cat. They have a preference to Unserviceable ones but which are complete. They would love them to be donated, however the Memorial does have a small budget to help in acquiring them. Is anyone able to help this worthy cause? If they are please contact the memorial on the following:

Contact Details
Lake Boga Flying Boat Museum

Catalina Park, Lake Boga VIC 3584
Phone: (03) 5037 2850
Fax: (03) 5037 2860


Another interesting bit of information which graham told me was that there is a near complete Martin Mariner Fuselage some where near Lake Boga however they memorial isnt able to locate it at present, a number of visitors have told them of its existence as a shed! Does anyone know any more?

I dont have any pics from my visit but you can see more here:

http://www.murrayriver.com.au/lake-b...at-museum-980/

Cheers All

Hope someone can help.

Dave

Dave,
there is or was part of a Mariner rear fuselage at Goolwa Airport SA.

I took this photo along with a few others while passing thru Lake Boga in 2007.

PGH

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Hey Jeep, yeah I saw the pics on the ADF pics, anyone know who owns it?

No idea, but was recently told that a Museum wanted to acquire it but the owner was not interested in selling.