CAB Bristol Tourer G-AUCA was used extensively to inspect and select sites
for aerodromes. It is seen here outside the Shaw-Ross Engineering and
Aviation Company hangar at Port Melbourne in the early 1920s.
Australian Aerial Services Ltd. (AASL), a subsidiary of Larkin Aerial Supply Company (LASCo) opened the third air mail service in Australia on 2 June 1924, flying from Adelaide to Sydney via Mildura, Hay, Narrandera and Cootamundra. Although the CAB had awarded the subsidy contract in 1921, it was more that two years before the service finally commenced using a DH4, Sopwith Wallaby and a Sopwith Antelope.
This photo shows the CAB's Tourer G-AUCA in the rudimentary LASCo hangar at Hay, south-western New South Wales, in the mid 1920s.
(Photos: CAHS collection)