Peace, Tranquility with a touch of Australian hospitality on Christmas Island airport.

Via general aviation aircraft like a Citation light jet, Singapore to Perth could be an soulful one day trip with 2 stop-overs, one in remote and tranquil island of red crabs, Christmas Island and another in the mining town of Port Hedland.

Christmas Island may be isolated but arriving at the airport, the hospitable and friendly staff doesn't make you feel so at all. I wouldn't say its a place that stood still in time but it just evokes a sense of adventure just being out there. Once I open the aircraft cabin door, all smiles from the same guys whom I meet 2 years earlier during the Covid19 pandemic period where I flew with a fellow aviator to pick up a ferry crew from Australia who was unable to get to Singapore due to lock-down restrictions on airline travels.

As a Singaporean, we recall a history lesson where Christmas Island was once part of the British Crown Colony of Singapore during the British colonial days. Sovereignty of Christmas Island was transferred from Singapore (then a Crown colony of the United Kingdom) to the Commonwealth of Australia on October 1, 1958.

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Ah Meng
Passionate Lifestyle Architect.
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