Airparks in Australia

The appeal of living with your plane is global.

A November 5, 2024 story on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) website shines a light on a pair of Queensland airparks.

Whitsunday Aviation Village East (YWHI).

Ken Saywood can park his seaplane inside his Whitsunday Airpark home. (ABC Tropical North: Liam O’Connell)

“The noise is offset by the convenience of his Ken Saywood] own hangar adjacent to the house with easy access to his pride and joy — a 1980s seaplane that was designed to carry tourists across the 74 Whitsunday islands.”

Lakeside Airstrip (YLAK)

Garry Poole bought Lakeside in 1981 to story his aircraft. Over the last decade he’s expanded the strip “into a hybrid housing-hangar precinct.”

Poole’s vision for the airpark homes includes “a view of the lake and the 1.1 km airstrip.”