An Aussie pilot is recreating a century-old journey around Australia in a seaplane, with a map detailing his wild itinerary as he soars from town to town in the historic footsteps of air force pilots.
Michael Smith departed Melbourne last Saturday, on the first leg of a 50-day journey to circumnavigate the country.
The historic journey was first undertaken by pilots in 1924 by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
Following a two day rest stop in Townsville, Mr Smith departed for Cooktown on Saturday marking the end of the first week of his roughly 15,000 km trip.
He plans to reach the Northern Territory by April 23, before making 10 stops down along the Western Australian coastline, three in South Australia, and ending up back in Melbourne on May 19.
Mr Smith joked he was look...
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