• Home
  • Articles & Books
    • Articles
      • Dick Smith flying to school – nuclear energy talk
      • Stockman’s Hall of Fame – June 1983
      • April Fools Iceberg Prank 1978
      • AUSSAT – first national satellite 1986
      • Solo to the Top of the World 1987
      • Darwin to Adelaide by solar vehicle, 1987
      • To the Top of the World, 1988
      • Discovering the WRESAT rocket in the Simpson Desert – 1989
      • Macquarie Island Airdrop, 1989
      • Circling Everest (1993)
      • Transcontinental Balloon Challenge, 1993
      • AURORA’S Place in the Sun 1994
      • High Flyer – Continental Balloon Challenge 1994
      • West Across the Tasman by balloon, 2000
      • Dick Smith – Rear Admiral of Lake Eyre Yacht Club! 2010
      • Dick Smith – Captain of the Cooper Creek Ferry, June 2010
      • Restoration of Sir Hubert Wilkins’ family homestead, 2001
      • Flat earth claims on Dick’s vertical Pole-to-Pole flight 2018
    • Books
      • Kookaburra 1980
      • The Earth Beneath Me by Dick Smith, 1983
      • Talking to Dick Smith by Elaine Furniss 1987
      • The Story of Terrey Hills & Duffys Forest, by Gay Halstead, 1988
      • Solo around the World, by Dick Smith, 1992
      • Above the World by Dick & Pip Smith, 1996
      • Solo around the world by helicopter – stage two
      • Solo Around The World By Helicopter – stage 3 1982/3
      • Dick Smith’s Population Crisis – The dangers of unsustainable growth for Australia, 2011
      • Makers & Shakers: Dick Smith, by Robert Gott, 1998
      • The Dick Smith Way by Ike Bain, 2002
      • Unsafe Skies by Dick Smith, 2005
      • Unsafe Skies by Dick Smith, 2005
      • Is The World Full Yet?
      • Balls Pyramid: Climbing the World’s Tallest Sea Stack, by Dick Smith, 2015
      • ‘Dick Smith My Adventurous Life’ photos
    • Dick Smith Family Tree
      • Ancestors of Dick Smith – A Line of Smiths, 1999
      • Ancestors of Dick Smith – The Cazneauxs, 2002
    • Magazines
      • Australian Outdoors – Kookaburra article, 1977
      • Australian Geographic magazine – Dick Smith’s editorials
      • Panorama Magazine – Coffee Royal article, 1982
      • Bourke to Burketown Bash (1985)
      • Truth an Ad Magazine, 1985
      • Facts Not Phobia
      • Dick Smith’s Forbidden Ideas Magazine – 2012
    • Dick Smith Fair Go – Policy Documents
      • Our Manifesto
      • Dick Smith Fair Go newspaper ads
      • Australia’s Debt
      • Aviation call for Action
      • Housing Affordability Crisis
      • Climate Change is not the biggest threat…
  • Adventures
  • Documentaries & Films
    • Adventure Documentaries
      • Great Aussie Balloon Race 1993 – Dick Smith’s favourite documentary! (46 mins)
      • Assault on Balls Pyramid (1964 – 18 mins)
      • Canyoning – 1966 (37 mins)
      • Balls Pyramid – Hands Upon the Rock 1980 (29 mins)
      • Search for the Mahogany Ship 1981 (46 mins)
      • Solo Around The World By Helicopter – stage one 1982/3
      • Coffee Royal Affair Expedition 1981 (46 mins)
      • ABC Coffee Royal Affair 2019
      • Solo Around the World – BBC edit 1982-83 (47 mins)
      • Solo Around The World By Helicopter – stage two 1982/3
      • Solo Around The World By Helicopter – stage three 1982/3
      • Bourke to Burketown Bash 1985 (43 mins)
      • The Secret Oasis 1986 (47 mins)
      • Solo to the North Pole 1987 (47 mins)
      • Flight to the Mountains of the Moon 1999 – 2000 (1 hour, 28 mins)
      • Balls Pyramid – Rock of Ages (2004 – 27 mins)
      • ABC News – The Coffee Royal Affair – a tribute to Bobby Hitchcock and Keith Anderson
    • Dick Smith Family Documentaries
      • Dick Smith Explorer Series – The Early Years 1980 (51 mins)
      • Dick Smith Explorer series – In the Footsteps of Captain Charles Sturt, 1980
      • Smith Family Himalayan Adventure 1985 (43 mins)
      • Smith Family China Adventure 1986 (47 mins)
      • Smith Family Wollangambe Canyon Adventure 1986 (15 mins)
      • Special Function 2014
    • Other Documentaries
      • Dick Smith’s flight from Sydney to Birdsville, by JetRanger 1987
      • Dick Smith’s Population Puzzle – 2010 (67 mins)
      • Ten Bucks a Litre 2013 (58 mins)
      • Tassie Helicopter adventure 2015 (25 mins)
      • Water Divining 1980 (44 mins)
      • Cattle King 1983 (48 mins)
      • Everest – Sea to Summit 1990 (59 mins)
      • The History of Australian Skeptics – Dick Smith
      • Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Kee Bird” frozen in time
    • Short Films
      • Dick Smith’s Flying Bus 1983 (1 min)
      • State of Electronics – Dick Smith’s Fun Way Into Electronics video (15 minutes)
      • Tasman Balloon Flight 2000 (3 mins)
      • Around the World by EarthRoamer 4WD (2008 -10 mins)
      • Finish line! Arriving at the Sydney Opera House at the end of the Around the World drive by Earthroamer 4WD, 26 August 2008 (2 mins 47 seconds)
      • Mt Lidgbird, Lord Howe Island climb, 2011 (9 mins)
      • I am a Stockman 2014 (14 mins)
      • A Life of Adventuring – The Daily Edition, 2015 (6 mins)
      • India Story – the girl under the bridge, 2015 (17 mins)
      • Konyukhov Balloon Flight, 2016 (11 mins)
      • Balls Pyramid wing-suit adventure (2015 – 4 min)
      • The Mystery of the Marree Man, 2016 (8 mins)
      • In Search of Lost Rock / The Dungall Boulder 2019 (21 mins)
    • TV Ads & Shows
      • Channel 7 News – Book launch and $5 million donation
      • A Current Affair “Dick Smith’s incredible career” 4 November 2021 (6 mins 30 seconds)
      • Dick Smith feature on Classic Restos (2018 – 28 mins)
      • Grim Reaper television advertisement 2017 (1 min)
      • 2013 ABC television documentary – Ten Bucks a Litre – excerpt (40 secs)
      • Shaun Micallef – Dick Smith Foods – 2003
      • This is Your Life TV show 1997 (23 mins)
      • Water divining tests by the Australian Skeptics – A Current Affair 1989 (12 mins 30 seconds)
      • Dick Smith’s ‘Australian Made’ television advertisement, 1989 (30 secs)
      • Micheal Parkinson interview with Dick Smith 1982 re solo helicopter flight around the world (20 minutes)
      • Dick Smith Electronics television advertisement, 1982 (1 min)
      • Dick Smith Foods Australia Day television advertisement, 2013 (1 min)
      • Fun Way into Electronics
      • This is Your Life 1978 TV Show (24 mins)
      • ABC’s Inside Story (1978 – 28 mins)
  • Maps
    • All trips – world map
    • All trips – world map digital tracking
    • Map from Dick Smith My Adventurous Life
    • Around the world by EarthRoamer 4WD 2008 – digital map
    • Around the world twice by Caravan 1999-2000 – digital map
    • First east-west around world helicopter flight 1994-95 – digital map
    • Balloon trips 1993 – digital map
    • Around the world, landing at both Poles, 1988 – 1989
    • Dick Smith’s first solo helicopter flight around the world 1982 – 1983
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Gallery
  • Comments
  • Home
  • Articles & Books
    • Articles
      • Dick Smith flying to school – nuclear energy talk
      • Stockman’s Hall of Fame – June 1983
      • April Fools Iceberg Prank 1978
      • AUSSAT – first national satellite 1986
      • Solo to the Top of the World 1987
      • Darwin to Adelaide by solar vehicle, 1987
      • To the Top of the World, 1988
      • Discovering the WRESAT rocket in the Simpson Desert – 1989
      • Macquarie Island Airdrop, 1989
      • Circling Everest (1993)
      • Transcontinental Balloon Challenge, 1993
      • AURORA’S Place in the Sun 1994
      • High Flyer – Continental Balloon Challenge 1994
      • West Across the Tasman by balloon, 2000
      • Dick Smith – Rear Admiral of Lake Eyre Yacht Club! 2010
      • Dick Smith – Captain of the Cooper Creek Ferry, June 2010
      • Restoration of Sir Hubert Wilkins’ family homestead, 2001
      • Flat earth claims on Dick’s vertical Pole-to-Pole flight 2018
    • Books
      • Kookaburra 1980
      • The Earth Beneath Me by Dick Smith, 1983
      • Talking to Dick Smith by Elaine Furniss 1987
      • The Story of Terrey Hills & Duffys Forest, by Gay Halstead, 1988
      • Solo around the World, by Dick Smith, 1992
      • Above the World by Dick & Pip Smith, 1996
      • Solo around the world by helicopter – stage two
      • Solo Around The World By Helicopter – stage 3 1982/3
      • Dick Smith’s Population Crisis – The dangers of unsustainable growth for Australia, 2011
      • Makers & Shakers: Dick Smith, by Robert Gott, 1998
      • The Dick Smith Way by Ike Bain, 2002
      • Unsafe Skies by Dick Smith, 2005
      • Unsafe Skies by Dick Smith, 2005
      • Is The World Full Yet?
      • Balls Pyramid: Climbing the World’s Tallest Sea Stack, by Dick Smith, 2015
      • ‘Dick Smith My Adventurous Life’ photos
    • Dick Smith Family Tree
      • Ancestors of Dick Smith – A Line of Smiths, 1999
      • Ancestors of Dick Smith – The Cazneauxs, 2002
    • Magazines
      • Australian Outdoors – Kookaburra article, 1977
      • Australian Geographic magazine – Dick Smith’s editorials
      • Panorama Magazine – Coffee Royal article, 1982
      • Bourke to Burketown Bash (1985)
      • Truth an Ad Magazine, 1985
      • Facts Not Phobia
      • Dick Smith’s Forbidden Ideas Magazine – 2012
    • Dick Smith Fair Go – Policy Documents
      • Our Manifesto
      • Dick Smith Fair Go newspaper ads
      • Australia’s Debt
      • Aviation call for Action
      • Housing Affordability Crisis
      • Climate Change is not the biggest threat…
  • Adventures
  • Documentaries & Films
    • Adventure Documentaries
      • Great Aussie Balloon Race 1993 – Dick Smith’s favourite documentary! (46 mins)
      • Assault on Balls Pyramid (1964 – 18 mins)
      • Canyoning – 1966 (37 mins)
      • Balls Pyramid – Hands Upon the Rock 1980 (29 mins)
      • Search for the Mahogany Ship 1981 (46 mins)
      • Solo Around The World By Helicopter – stage one 1982/3
      • Coffee Royal Affair Expedition 1981 (46 mins)
      • ABC Coffee Royal Affair 2019
      • Solo Around the World – BBC edit 1982-83 (47 mins)
      • Solo Around The World By Helicopter – stage two 1982/3
      • Solo Around The World By Helicopter – stage three 1982/3
      • Bourke to Burketown Bash 1985 (43 mins)
      • The Secret Oasis 1986 (47 mins)
      • Solo to the North Pole 1987 (47 mins)
      • Flight to the Mountains of the Moon 1999 – 2000 (1 hour, 28 mins)
      • Balls Pyramid – Rock of Ages (2004 – 27 mins)
      • ABC News – The Coffee Royal Affair – a tribute to Bobby Hitchcock and Keith Anderson
    • Dick Smith Family Documentaries
      • Dick Smith Explorer Series – The Early Years 1980 (51 mins)
      • Dick Smith Explorer series – In the Footsteps of Captain Charles Sturt, 1980
      • Smith Family Himalayan Adventure 1985 (43 mins)
      • Smith Family China Adventure 1986 (47 mins)
      • Smith Family Wollangambe Canyon Adventure 1986 (15 mins)
      • Special Function 2014
    • Other Documentaries
      • Dick Smith’s flight from Sydney to Birdsville, by JetRanger 1987
      • Dick Smith’s Population Puzzle – 2010 (67 mins)
      • Ten Bucks a Litre 2013 (58 mins)
      • Tassie Helicopter adventure 2015 (25 mins)
      • Water Divining 1980 (44 mins)
      • Cattle King 1983 (48 mins)
      • Everest – Sea to Summit 1990 (59 mins)
      • The History of Australian Skeptics – Dick Smith
      • Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Kee Bird” frozen in time
    • Short Films
      • Dick Smith’s Flying Bus 1983 (1 min)
      • State of Electronics – Dick Smith’s Fun Way Into Electronics video (15 minutes)
      • Tasman Balloon Flight 2000 (3 mins)
      • Around the World by EarthRoamer 4WD (2008 -10 mins)
      • Finish line! Arriving at the Sydney Opera House at the end of the Around the World drive by Earthroamer 4WD, 26 August 2008 (2 mins 47 seconds)
      • Mt Lidgbird, Lord Howe Island climb, 2011 (9 mins)
      • I am a Stockman 2014 (14 mins)
      • A Life of Adventuring – The Daily Edition, 2015 (6 mins)
      • India Story – the girl under the bridge, 2015 (17 mins)
      • Konyukhov Balloon Flight, 2016 (11 mins)
      • Balls Pyramid wing-suit adventure (2015 – 4 min)
      • The Mystery of the Marree Man, 2016 (8 mins)
      • In Search of Lost Rock / The Dungall Boulder 2019 (21 mins)
    • TV Ads & Shows
      • Channel 7 News – Book launch and $5 million donation
      • A Current Affair “Dick Smith’s incredible career” 4 November 2021 (6 mins 30 seconds)
      • Dick Smith feature on Classic Restos (2018 – 28 mins)
      • Grim Reaper television advertisement 2017 (1 min)
      • 2013 ABC television documentary – Ten Bucks a Litre – excerpt (40 secs)
      • Shaun Micallef – Dick Smith Foods – 2003
      • This is Your Life TV show 1997 (23 mins)
      • Water divining tests by the Australian Skeptics – A Current Affair 1989 (12 mins 30 seconds)
      • Dick Smith’s ‘Australian Made’ television advertisement, 1989 (30 secs)
      • Micheal Parkinson interview with Dick Smith 1982 re solo helicopter flight around the world (20 minutes)
      • Dick Smith Electronics television advertisement, 1982 (1 min)
      • Dick Smith Foods Australia Day television advertisement, 2013 (1 min)
      • Fun Way into Electronics
      • This is Your Life 1978 TV Show (24 mins)
      • ABC’s Inside Story (1978 – 28 mins)
  • Maps
    • All trips – world map
    • All trips – world map digital tracking
    • Map from Dick Smith My Adventurous Life
    • Around the world by EarthRoamer 4WD 2008 – digital map
    • Around the world twice by Caravan 1999-2000 – digital map
    • First east-west around world helicopter flight 1994-95 – digital map
    • Balloon trips 1993 – digital map
    • Around the world, landing at both Poles, 1988 – 1989
    • Dick Smith’s first solo helicopter flight around the world 1982 – 1983
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Gallery
  • Comments

  • Home
  • Articles & Books
    • Articles
      • Dick Smith flying to school – nuclear energy talk
      • Stockman’s Hall of Fame – June 1983
      • April Fools Iceberg Prank 1978
      • AUSSAT – first national satellite 1986
      • Solo to the Top of the World 1987
      • Darwin to Adelaide by solar vehicle, 1987
      • To the Top of the World, 1988
      • Discovering the WRESAT rocket in the Simpson Desert – 1989
      • Macquarie Island Airdrop, 1989
      • Circling Everest (1993)
      • Transcontinental Balloon Challenge, 1993
      • AURORA’S Place in the Sun 1994
      • High Flyer – Continental Balloon Challenge 1994
      • West Across the Tasman by balloon, 2000
      • Dick Smith – Rear Admiral of Lake Eyre Yacht Club! 2010
      • Dick Smith – Captain of the Cooper Creek Ferry, June 2010
      • Restoration of Sir Hubert Wilkins’ family homestead, 2001
      • Flat earth claims on Dick’s vertical Pole-to-Pole flight 2018
    • Books
      • Kookaburra 1980
      • The Earth Beneath Me by Dick Smith, 1983
      • Talking to Dick Smith by Elaine Furniss 1987
      • The Story of Terrey Hills & Duffys Forest, by Gay Halstead, 1988
      • Solo around the World, by Dick Smith, 1992
      • Above the World by Dick & Pip Smith, 1996
      • Solo around the world by helicopter – stage two
      • Solo Around The World By Helicopter – stage 3 1982/3
      • Dick Smith’s Population Crisis – The dangers of unsustainable growth for Australia, 2011
      • Makers & Shakers: Dick Smith, by Robert Gott, 1998
      • The Dick Smith Way by Ike Bain, 2002
      • Unsafe Skies by Dick Smith, 2005
      • Unsafe Skies by Dick Smith, 2005
      • Is The World Full Yet?
      • Balls Pyramid: Climbing the World’s Tallest Sea Stack, by Dick Smith, 2015
      • ‘Dick Smith My Adventurous Life’ photos
    • Dick Smith Family Tree
      • Ancestors of Dick Smith – A Line of Smiths, 1999
      • Ancestors of Dick Smith – The Cazneauxs, 2002
    • Magazines
      • Australian Outdoors – Kookaburra article, 1977
      • Australian Geographic magazine – Dick Smith’s editorials
      • Panorama Magazine – Coffee Royal article, 1982
      • Bourke to Burketown Bash (1985)
      • Truth an Ad Magazine, 1985
      • Facts Not Phobia
      • Dick Smith’s Forbidden Ideas Magazine – 2012
    • Dick Smith Fair Go – Policy Documents
      • Our Manifesto
      • Dick Smith Fair Go newspaper ads
      • Australia’s Debt
      • Aviation call for Action
      • Housing Affordability Crisis
      • Climate Change is not the biggest threat…
  • Adventures
  • Documentaries & Films
    • Adventure Documentaries
      • Great Aussie Balloon Race 1993 – Dick Smith’s favourite documentary! (46 mins)
      • Assault on Balls Pyramid (1964 – 18 mins)
      • Canyoning – 1966 (37 mins)
      • Balls Pyramid – Hands Upon the Rock 1980 (29 mins)
      • Search for the Mahogany Ship 1981 (46 mins)
      • Solo Around The World By Helicopter – stage one 1982/3
      • Coffee Royal Affair Expedition 1981 (46 mins)
      • ABC Coffee Royal Affair 2019
      • Solo Around the World – BBC edit 1982-83 (47 mins)
      • Solo Around The World By Helicopter – stage two 1982/3
      • Solo Around The World By Helicopter – stage three 1982/3
      • Bourke to Burketown Bash 1985 (43 mins)
      • The Secret Oasis 1986 (47 mins)
      • Solo to the North Pole 1987 (47 mins)
      • Flight to the Mountains of the Moon 1999 – 2000 (1 hour, 28 mins)
      • Balls Pyramid – Rock of Ages (2004 – 27 mins)
      • ABC News – The Coffee Royal Affair – a tribute to Bobby Hitchcock and Keith Anderson
    • Dick Smith Family Documentaries
      • Dick Smith Explorer Series – The Early Years 1980 (51 mins)
      • Dick Smith Explorer series – In the Footsteps of Captain Charles Sturt, 1980
      • Smith Family Himalayan Adventure 1985 (43 mins)
      • Smith Family China Adventure 1986 (47 mins)
      • Smith Family Wollangambe Canyon Adventure 1986 (15 mins)
      • Special Function 2014
    • Other Documentaries
      • Dick Smith’s flight from Sydney to Birdsville, by JetRanger 1987
      • Dick Smith’s Population Puzzle – 2010 (67 mins)
      • Ten Bucks a Litre 2013 (58 mins)
      • Tassie Helicopter adventure 2015 (25 mins)
      • Water Divining 1980 (44 mins)
      • Cattle King 1983 (48 mins)
      • Everest – Sea to Summit 1990 (59 mins)
      • The History of Australian Skeptics – Dick Smith
      • Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Kee Bird” frozen in time
    • Short Films
      • Dick Smith’s Flying Bus 1983 (1 min)
      • State of Electronics – Dick Smith’s Fun Way Into Electronics video (15 minutes)
      • Tasman Balloon Flight 2000 (3 mins)
      • Around the World by EarthRoamer 4WD (2008 -10 mins)
      • Finish line! Arriving at the Sydney Opera House at the end of the Around the World drive by Earthroamer 4WD, 26 August 2008 (2 mins 47 seconds)
      • Mt Lidgbird, Lord Howe Island climb, 2011 (9 mins)
      • I am a Stockman 2014 (14 mins)
      • A Life of Adventuring – The Daily Edition, 2015 (6 mins)
      • India Story – the girl under the bridge, 2015 (17 mins)
      • Konyukhov Balloon Flight, 2016 (11 mins)
      • Balls Pyramid wing-suit adventure (2015 – 4 min)
      • The Mystery of the Marree Man, 2016 (8 mins)
      • In Search of Lost Rock / The Dungall Boulder 2019 (21 mins)
    • TV Ads & Shows
      • Channel 7 News – Book launch and $5 million donation
      • A Current Affair “Dick Smith’s incredible career” 4 November 2021 (6 mins 30 seconds)
      • Dick Smith feature on Classic Restos (2018 – 28 mins)
      • Grim Reaper television advertisement 2017 (1 min)
      • 2013 ABC television documentary – Ten Bucks a Litre – excerpt (40 secs)
      • Shaun Micallef – Dick Smith Foods – 2003
      • This is Your Life TV show 1997 (23 mins)
      • Water divining tests by the Australian Skeptics – A Current Affair 1989 (12 mins 30 seconds)
      • Dick Smith’s ‘Australian Made’ television advertisement, 1989 (30 secs)
      • Micheal Parkinson interview with Dick Smith 1982 re solo helicopter flight around the world (20 minutes)
      • Dick Smith Electronics television advertisement, 1982 (1 min)
      • Dick Smith Foods Australia Day television advertisement, 2013 (1 min)
      • Fun Way into Electronics
      • This is Your Life 1978 TV Show (24 mins)
      • ABC’s Inside Story (1978 – 28 mins)
  • Maps
    • All trips – world map
    • All trips – world map digital tracking
    • Map from Dick Smith My Adventurous Life
    • Around the world by EarthRoamer 4WD 2008 – digital map
    • Around the world twice by Caravan 1999-2000 – digital map
    • First east-west around world helicopter flight 1994-95 – digital map
    • Balloon trips 1993 – digital map
    • Around the world, landing at both Poles, 1988 – 1989
    • Dick Smith’s first solo helicopter flight around the world 1982 – 1983
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Gallery
  • Comments
Home>Australian Outdoors – Kookaburra article

Australian Outdoors – Kookaburra article

Article about Dick Smith’s search for the lost Kookaburra.

Australian Outdoors December 1977 Download

DICK SMITH’S ADVENTURES & EXPEDITIONS

Full list of Dick’s adventures  (world flights, balloon flights, expeditions, climbs) with documentaries, articles, an animated map and a book

Diary of Earthroamer drive around the world by Dick and Pip Smith

ARTICLES, BOOKS & MAGAZINES


Articles

Australian Outdoors – Kookaburra article 1977

April Fools iceberg prank 1978

Panorama Magazine – Coffee Royal 1982

Stockman’s Hall of Fame 1983

AUSSAT – First National Satellite 1986

Solo to the Top of the World 1987

Darwin to Adelaide by Solar Vehicle 1987

To the Top of the World 1988

Macquarie Island Airdrop 1989

Finding the WRESAT Rocket 1989

Circling Everest 1993

AG Lifts Off – Transcontinental Challenge 1993

High Flyer – Continental Balloon Challenge 1994

AURORA’S Place in the Sun – Solar Car Record 1994

AG West Across the Tasman by balloon 2000

Restoration of Sir Hubert Wilkins’ Cottage 2001

Dick Smith Rear Admiral of Lake Eyre Yacht Club 2010

Captain of the Cooper Creek Ferry, 2010

Flat Earth claims on Dick’s vertical Pole to Pole flight 2018


Books

Kookaburra by Dick Smith & Pedr Davis 1980

The Earth Beneath Me by Dick Smith 1983        Solo JetRanger from Fort Worth to Sydney

Talking to Dick Smith by Elaine Furniss 1987

Terrey Hills & Duffys Forest by Gay Halstead 1988

Our Fantastic Planet by Dick Smith 1991          Twin Otter vertically around the world

Solo Around the World by Dick Smith 1992  JetRanger around the world and to the North Pole

Above the World by Dick & Pip Smith 1996 Sikorsky S76 around the world

Makers & Shakers by Robert Gott 1998

The Dick Smith Way by Ike Bain 2002

Unsafe Skies by Dick Smith 2005

Dick Smith’s Population Crisis by Dick Smith 2011

Is The World Full Yet? by Graeme Robin 2014

Balls Pyramid by Dick Smith 2015


Dick Smith Family Tree

Ancestors of Dick Smith A Line of Smiths

Ancestors of Dick Smith The Cazneauxs


Magazines

Truth an Ad 1985

Bourke to Burketown Bash 1985

Australian Geographic editorials 1986 – 1999

Facts Not Phobia 1991

Dick Smith’s Forbidden Ideas 2012


Policy Documents – Dick Smith Fair Go

All Policy Documents/Introduction

Dick Smith Fair Go Manifesto 2018

Dick Smith Fair Go newspaper ads

Australia’s Debt 2018

Aviation Call for Action (Wagga address) 2018

Housing Affordability Crisis 2018

Climate change is not the biggest threat 2020


DOCUMENTARIES & FILMS


Adventure Documentaries

Assault on Balls Pyramid 1964 (18 mins)

Canyoning 1966 (37 mins)

Balls Pyramid, Hands on Rock 1980 (29 mins)

Coffee Royal Affair Expedition 1981 (46 mins) Includes finding the Kookaburra

Coffee Royal Affair (ABC) 2019 (2 mins 47 secs)

Search for The Mahogany Ship 1981 (46 mins)

Solo Around the World stage 1 1982/3 (45 mins)  In JetRanger VH-DIK

Solo Around the World stage 2 1982/3 (45 mins) In JetRanger VH-DIK

Solo Around the World stage 3 1982/3 (45 mins) In JetRanger VH-DIK

Solo Around the World BBC 1983 (47 mins)  Compilation of the three documentaries

Bourke to Burketown Bash 1985 (43 mins)

Secret Oasis 1986 (47 mins)                        Australian Geographic expedition to Cooper Creek

Solo to The North Pole 1987 (47 mins)

Great Aussie Balloon Race 1993 (46 mins)     Balloon flight across Australia

Flight to Mountains of the Moon 1999 (1 hr, 28 mins) Caravan flight around the World

Balls Pyramid, Rock of Ages 2004 (27 mins)


Dick Smith Family Documentaries

Dick Smith Explorer : The Early Days 1980 (51 mins)

Dick Smith Explorer: The Footsteps of Charles Sturt 1980 (48 mins)

Family Himalayan Trip 1985 (43 mins)

Family Wollangambe Trip 1986 (15 mins)

Family China Trip 1986 (47 mins)

Other Documentaries

Water Divining 1980 (44 mins)

Cattle King 1983 (48 mins)

Flight from Sydney to Birdsville (BBC) 1987 (46 min)

Everest Sea to Summit 1990 (59 mins)

Dick Smith’s Population Puzzle 2010 (67 mins)

Ten Bucks a Litre 2013 (58 mins)

Ten Bucks a Litre (excerpt) 2013 (40 secs)

Tassie Helicopter Adventure 2015 (25 mins)

History of Australian Skeptics 2018 (25 mins)

Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Kee Bird” frozen in time 2016 (54 mins)


Short Films

Dick Smith’s Flying Bus 1983 (1 min)

Dick Smith’s Fun Way Into Electronics (15 mins)

Tasman Balloon Crossing 2000 (3 mins)

Around The World by 4WD 2008 (10 mins)

Opera House arrival – completion of 4WD trip around the world 26 August 2008 (3 mins)

Mt Lidgbird, Lord Howe Climb 2011 (9 mins)

I am a Stockman 2014 (14 mins)

A Life of Adventuring 2015 (6 mins)

India Story, Girl Under The Bridge 2015 (17 mins)

Balls Pyramid Wingsuit Adventure 2015 (4 mins)

Konyukhov Balloon Flight 2016 (11 mins)

Mystery of The Marree Man 2016 (8 mins)

Fun Way into Electronics  2017 (15 mins)

Pole to Pole Flight: Flat Earthers 2018 (2 mins)

In Search of Lost Rock 2019 (21 mins)


TV Ads & Shows

A Current Affair – Dick Smith’s incredible career 2021 (6 mins 30 seconds)

7 News – Book launch and $5 million donation 2021 (1 minute 22 seconds)

This Is Your Life 1978 (24 mins)

Inside Story: Dick Smith 1978 (28 mins)

Michael Parkinson interview 1982 re solo world flight (20 minutes)

Dick Smith ‘Electronics Wizz Kids’ ad 1982 (1 min)

Water Divining Tests by Australian Skeptics – James Randi in Australia – A Current Affair 1989 (12 mins 30 seconds)

Dick Smith ‘Australian Made’ ad 1989 (30 secs)

This is Your Life 1997 (23 mins)

Shaun Micallef – Dick Smith Foods 2003 (3 min)

Dick Smith Food Aussie Day ad 2013 (1 min)

The ‘Grim Reaper’ ad 2017 (1 min)

Dick Smith, Classic Restos 2018 (28 mins)

ABC News, Kookaburra 2019 (2 mins 46 sec)

MAPS

All trips Interactive world map

All trips Digital map

First solo around world Digital map 1982/83

Solo to North Pole Digital map 1987

Around world (both Poles) Digital map 1988/89

Balloon trips Digital map 1993

Around world twice Digital map 1999/2000

EarthRoamer around World Digital map 2006-08

East-west around world Digital map 1994

Compiled by Dick Smith and Friends.

Other Dick Smith websites:

Dick Smith Fair Go
Dick Smith Foods

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