Rescue arrives!

After a week, during which the RAAF flew low over the partly completed airstrip taking photographs to evaluate whether an aircraft could land to take us off, the second flying boat "Islander" (a converted Sunderland) was returned to service. Here it is arriving from the left of the photo, having had the interior refitted: that had been removed to allow the aircraft to be fitted with long range tanks as it had been sold and was scheduled to go overseas.