30/07/2026
Boomerang Way Tourist Park wishes a Happy Birthday to Tocumwal Aviation Museum. What an amazing piece of History in our own back yard
This week in history, July 2021 - we opened to the public!
Five years ago this week, our vision to showcase Tocumwal's rich aviation history and heritage became reality. It was a challenging time to open a new tourism business - in the midst of the COVID pandemic with closed borders and lockdowns!
Since opening, over 30,000 visitors have discovered Tocumwal's SECRET past and learned about the significance of our local aviation history, we've assisted hundreds of visitors explore the service records of their veteran family members, including hundreds who served here at RAAF Station Tocumwal. More than 25,000 people have attended our airshows and experienced that history come to life. We've explored and digitised over 800,000 pages of historic documents and photographs and continue to grow the collection of relevant memorabilia and artefacts
We've also made over 100,000 coffees in The 'Drome and created a casual space for people to catchup and make the aerodrome somewhere for everyone to visit and experience.
We're extremely grateful to our friends, staff and volunteers who have supported us over the past five years, we couldn't have done it without you all.
We are as passionate today about our local history as we were when we started this journey, a little older and exhausted at times, but still as passionate!
Cheers to another 5 years...and then some,
Matt & Kaz.