New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Cessna 208B VH-TFV "Park Air 6" at Central Queensland Airport

Making what appears to possibly be an annual flight into Central and North-West Queensland on Wednesday 2 October was the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Textron Aviation (Cessna) 208B Caravan VH-TFV "Park Air 6". 

VH-TFV at Adelaide Airport in April this year  (File photo)

It looked to initially fly at low level up from the Sunshine Coast to Gladstone Airport via airwork around Bundaberg and Hervey Bay.  After a stop at Gladstone Airport, VH-TFV looked to continue North and landed at Proserpine (Whitsunday Coast) Airport.

Of interest, VH-TFV has only recently been registered to New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife (New South Wales State Government) and replaces fellow Cessna 208 Caravan VH-TWX which visited CQ last year - as pictured below.

File photo

UPDATE!  Over the course of the rest of the week, it appears that VH-TFV "Park Air 6" continued out to Mount Isa with it noted arriving there on Thursday 3 October and departing back towards the coast on Friday 4 October.  On Sunday 6 October, VH-TFV passed through Rockhampton Airport and appeared to be returning to New South Wales.

Photos taken by Tony Haynes and Paul Tyler  ©