Sarawak Radio Control and Model Craft Association Outing at Sematan Palm Beach Resort

August 31st 2007, (Malaysia 50th National Day) The Sarawak Radio Control and Model Craft Association held an Outing and Flying Event at Sematan Palm Beach Resort.

Des and myself decided to take a break to cool off as we all had a rough week at work (a colleague just [passed away].

We did not know there were events going on at Sematan Palm Beach Resort ..... but during the Merdeka Weekend, it was packed with events and people ..... it help lifted our down spirit.....

Sematan Palm Beach Resort reminded us of Krabi Island Thailand where we stayed at Sheraton Resort, Krabi Island, Thailand.

When we reached there, we had the whole beach to ourselves as we were one of the earliest...

Beautiful and quiet Sematan Palm Beach Resort....

Towards the evening around 6p.m when its cooler, many visitors come out to enjoy the beautiful of the beach and the wonderful sunset....

Sematan Palm Beach Resort is well taken care off and the is well complimented by its wondeful nature....

The sunset is wonderful .... but our camera phone could not do justice to capture its radiance ...

It was raining rather heavily on August 31st, 2007. We were having our breakfast around 8.30am when we heard that a private plane will land at Sematan Palm Beach Resort around 10.00am .... wow that's really exciting .... first time for us

Despite the rain, many people (mostly form the Sarawak Radio Control Association Members) took the opportunity to check out the plane and take photos

If you can see the tyre track, that's the runway for the plane to take off and land..

After that, the Sarawak Radio Control and Model Craft Association Started their event at around 1.30pm, after the rain had stopped and the sand had dried... (The sign did say ... FLY at Your Own Risk :)

This is one of the most senior member, he is about 70+ years old but one of the most energetic and enthusiastic about the event .... he has one of the biggest Radio Control Model Plane as well ...

More beautiful planes, getting ready to fly ..

Planes on display ....

There were all kinds of model planes and many Radio Control Helicopters too ...

Taking the plane back to refuel ...

Next plane on stand by, ready to take off ...

This Helicopter is one of our favourite .....

Planes range from battery operated to Nitro Fueled O.S Engines

This helicopter is extremely agile, fast, and can take off at most wind conditions....

Flying the Jalur Gemilang (The Malaysian Flag) Proudly ...

Final adjustments, before taking off...

There are tons of planes on display .....

Overall, it was a fruitful event for us.....

• Sematan Palm Beach Resort. In Sematan, the furthest town to the west in Sarawak. To reach the Resort, take the road from Lundu to Sematan straight to its end in a T-junction in Sematan bazaar, turn left, and head west, allowing for bends and junctions in the road. If you stop in Sematan bazaar, inquire at the Hing Moh supermarket, on the corner after the fishmarket and bus-station.

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