Area of Operation
The main area of operation for the service is from Brisbane in the south to Miriam Vale in the north and west inland to the Bunya Mountains, although the service has ventured as far north as Gladstone, Queensland, as far south as Byron Bay inside New South Wales and as far inland as Chinchilla, Queensland. 652,800 people reside in the Service’s primary area of operation which stretches from Brisbane North to Miriam Vale including Fraser Island and west to Proston, Eidsvold and Monto while 2.3 million inhabit the secondary area extending from Northern New South Wales to Proston and the area south of Gladstone.
In 2007, the Service conducted 771 tasks during the year at an average of 14.8 per week. In that 12-month period a total of 1128 hours were flown and a distance of 67,855 nautical miles (125,667 km) covered.
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