Lawrence Hargrave Society (LHS)
Tour administrative details:-
Max number on EACH tour = 20
NO children under 12 YO
(Ticket price below Includes HARS Admission/ CATERED Morning Tea/ 1 X Tour Guide/ Donation to LHS Fund of $10 /$2.50 Ticket Processing Charge, plus a LHS kite gift)
ADULT $A55
CONCESSION $50
CHILD 12-15 YO ONLY $A35
This exclusive guided tour (only available through PRE BOOKING ONLINE) will be led by three senior LHS/ HARS member- the Patron (Michael Hough), the President (Rob Deacon) and LHS Committee member (Richard Webb) and the tour will then enable you to explore selected artefacts of early Australian aviation heritage as follows:-
1000-1030
*Morning Tea on arrival, which will include a briefing by the senior members of the Lawrence Hargrave Society as to the pioneer work of Hargraves in developing SIGNIFICANT AVIATION PRINCIPLES, leading to the workable aero foil and the rotary engine.
1030 Approx- 1200 Approx
You will be escorted upstairs and seated in the LH Centre, which was officially opened in 2024 (see website ref above) and provided with the essential details of Lawrence Hargrave his works, and of the significant geographic locations connected with him (e.g. at “ Hilltop House” at Stanwell Park, his kite experiments at Stanwell Park Beach/ Displays at Stanwell Park Beach/ the Bald Hill monument/ Lawrence Hargrave Drive and his Sydney residences.
You will then be allocated to join one of three separate tour groups led by a senior member of the LHS and by these combined events you will be provided with:-
* A guided tour of the LHS Centre- located upstairs in HARS Hangar 2 above “Café Connie” a tour which will include:-
+ AV and working models including a Videoclip of LHS Volunteers re-enacting his famous Box Kites experiments at Stanwell Park beach
+ A collection of Hargraves models and a model of his working rotary engine
+ A collection of paintings depicting and honoring his work
* An inspection of the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame- in which Lawrence Hargrave is the Number 1 inductee
* Access to the restricted HARS heritage archives- which include the de Havilland blueprints- from which aircraft were manufactured in Australia
*The tour will then move to the HARS operational Hangars in which participants will be taken past the extensive HARS historic airframes collection and the tour will then concentrate on inspecting:-
*A full- size replica of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith aircraft – Southern Cross- a Fokker Trimotor- which was rebuilt back to flying condition at HARS
* A flying de Havilland Tiger Moth – built at Bankstown in the 1930’s and the rugged biplane trainer on which all RAAF pilots trained up to the mid 1950’s
Where feasible, you will be shown the interiors of these aircraft including cockpits
SEE PHOTOS following
Following the LHS Tour, which will conclude n.l.t. 1230, you are then able to depart at will OR enjoy the remainder of the Tarmac Day viewing the many significant flying and non-flying airframes at HARS
Website REFERENCES:-
https://www.lawrencehargrave.org/index.php
https://hars.org.au/
https://www.lawrencehargrave.org/index.php/museum/opening-of-the-new-museum
Also check out other Arts events in Shellharbour City Centre, Fine Arts events in Shellharbour City Centre, Nonprofit events in Shellharbour City Centre.
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