Royal Hotel, Birdsville linked to pedal generators, the others being placed at 4 head stations in far western Queensland and at the Aboriginal Mission at Mornington Island, with base station VJI established at Cloncurry. For the first 18 months, communication was by Morse code, but the system proved enormously popular, and soon revolutionised outback communications. Importantly, Birdsville became reliably connected to the station properties in the Diamantina district, and with the new Aerial Medical Service, established by Flynn in 1928 under the auspices of the AIM, and based at Cloncurry. In 1934, nursing sisters Edna McLean and Amy Bishop of the AIM's Birdsville
In Like Flynn (film) Papua New Guinea, and convinces three men to accompany him on a voyage up the east coast of Australia. They leave Sydney on the yacht "Sirocco", which Flynn had stolen from Chinese opium smugglers. During their journey, Flynn and his crew encounter a number of challenges, including the Chinese crew attempting to intercept them, desperate to reclaim the yacht and the opium they have hidden on board. Filming for "In Like Flynn" began on the Gold Coast in Queensland in May 2017. Additional filming took place in Mount Tamborine, Queensland. William Moseley joined the cast in November 2016, playing the