It Takes 100 Years

It Takes 100 Years Cathy Babis: Inspirational speaker, pilot, diver, adventurer, blogger, vlogger. STEM for everyone! That all changed when I answered a post on Facebook.

I've spent most of my life as an aviation professional in some capacity or other. I retired in 2018 and have traveled, reached 100 SCUBA dives, read good books, and enjoyed what I called, "a deliciously unscheduled life" where I was never in a hurry. David Geers was looking for someone to fly with him around Australia in his Searey amphibious airplane - the SAME type aircraft I trained in for my S

eaplane certificate! After a few emails, and a Zoom meeting, we became a team! This adventure of a lifetime is expected to take 60 days, include over 200 landings, and cover 18,000+Km/11,300+mi. I am available for speaking engagements, podcasts, and interviews to both speak about our upcoming adventure and to inspire people of all ages to never stop dreaming and to promote Aviation/STEM education.

I will be telling the story of my 2024 flight around mainland Australia at Oshkosh on July 27th 2:30-3:45 at the WomenVe...
07/12/2024

I will be telling the story of my 2024 flight around mainland Australia at Oshkosh on July 27th 2:30-3:45 at the WomenVenture location.
Www.100asa.com.au

Australian Seaplane Adventures commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of mainland Australia. Cathy Babis will make history as the first female pilot of a seaplane to fly around Oz. She and David Geers will share pilot duties in his Searey amphibious airplane. This adventure...

06/29/2024
Thanks so much to everyone who is following this page. While the trip was happening, we shifted focus to the website, ww...
06/14/2024

Thanks so much to everyone who is following this page.

While the trip was happening, we shifted focus to the website, www.100asa.com.au for daily updates & maintaining the trip diary. If you click on the map of Australia, you can see the diary - I'm still adding photos to the diary - coming soon: adding photos & text for Kangaroo Island which will be before the Aldinga stop.

Since the trip ended on May 26th, I am shifting back to maintaining this page with a focus on the topics we promoted during the trip:
1. The value of Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) education.
2. Diversity in all aviation occupations.
3. Our partnership with Roses in the Ocean, which has the goal of "Stemming the Tide of Su***de" founded by the family of a pilot who took his life. Www.rosesintheocean.com.au, an Australian nonprofit that is gaining recognition worldwide for its programs & practices.

Australian Seaplane Adventures commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of mainland Australia. Cathy Babis will make history as the first female pilot of a seaplane to fly around Oz. She and David Geers will share pilot duties in his Searey amphibious airplane. This adventure...

05/30/2024

In the news!

Yes! Young women need to see role models and be introduced to all the aviation occupations.
05/23/2024

Yes! Young women need to see role models and be introduced to all the aviation occupations.

Women's Wisdom Hour - Role Models among us. Thank you all!

A trip this long is not all roses & lollipops! We ran into a maintenance issue yesterday. Everything came together with ...
05/15/2024

A trip this long is not all roses & lollipops! We ran into a maintenance issue yesterday. Everything came together with David’s knowledge of his seaplane & technical skills. Here is our diary entry about it.

Follow my trip ‘Seaplane Adventure Around Australia’

Today after our scenic flight, which is on the step before this, we had a lot of oil on the back side of the airplane. We have had drops of oil before, but this was a lot more than before. David checked the oil level and we were extremely low on oil. After some investigation, he found that it was on...

A crabby story-the good kind!
05/11/2024

A crabby story-the good kind!

We stayed at the End of the Road Motel. Last night we met the father/son duo who offered us 3 live crabs for dinner tonight (see video) that they collected this morning and were delivered by Mark’s wife, Julianne at 7:30am with cooking instructions! See pics for how to order from them. Another lon...

05/09/2024

Due to runway maintenance, we were instructed to land on the access road parallel to the runway. It certainly had our full attention. After landing, Joe, the...

An exciting landing
05/09/2024

An exciting landing

Due to runway maintenance, we were instructed to land on the access road parallel to the runway. It certainly had our full attention. After landing, Joe, the...

Small World!
05/01/2024

Small World!

This is actually our flight from Broome to Cygnet Bay. I never get tired of the beautiful Australian landscapes. The second picture is a picture of our shadow. Another seaplane was with us, Rohan, and at times he was only a half a mile or .7 of a kilometre, behind us. The fourth picture is a picture...

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