The Hunter Valley Gliding Club is located at Warkworth (in the upper Hunter Valley approximately 2.5 hours north of Sydney). It is surrounded by coal mines and dairy farms with the main wine-growing area only 10 minutes drive away. The airfield is approximately 1.7 kilometres long and is owned by the club. During the Second World War, it was a satellite strip to the main base at Bulga (along with two other Hunter Valley satellite strips at Cessnock and Jerrys Plains). These strips were positioned inland to serve as a backup to coastal facilites such as Williamtown. During that era the strip was 2.4 kilometres long to accommodate the Liberator and Hudson bombers that flew from it.

(from right ... 1-35, K7, and K6)

(the sky looked much more inviting with cloud base at 5,000 ft)

 The following photos were taken by Kevin Rodda from the cockpit of WUC while soaring in the area bounded by Jerry's Plains, Bulga, Mt Thorley and Singleton ...