The museum is small, but it has some interesting displays, and you can sit in the pilot's seat of several aircraft. This Australian built Beaufighter has been in the collection for a very long time - as a young child I climbed inside it and sat in the pilot's seat. It has since been restored and looks much better than it did back then. I decided to visit the museum a second time, over 40 years later.
DAP Beaufighter Mk21 A8-328 by
RobGeraghty, on Flickr
Just next to the Beaufighter is this curious contraption - a predecessor of the modern flight simulator.
Link Trainer by
RobGeraghty, on Flickr
There was also the escape pod from an F111. I suspect it is the same one I sat in years ago when a friend was involved in the sustainment program for the aircraft. Australia was the last country to operate the F111. There was a video of a Discovery channel documentary playing, and I found out that the F111 was supposed to be a money saver for use by both the USAF and Navy, but was never used by Navy. Despite this, a later administration has tried to satisfy the requirements of three branches of the military (and of several countries) with one aircraft. I think the F35A will be a great plane, but it has been hobbled by a political decision to make one aircraft fit too many requirements.