SKIMMING ALONG OVER CROCODILE-INFESTED WATERS IN A WELL-WORN CESSNA, watching the wide, green expanse of mangroves and coils of tropical rivers unfold, I ask myself, like all well-trained pilots, where would I put her down if I had an engine failure now? A daunting thought indeed. The durable Cessna 402 on arrival at the Outback strip at Mount Borradaile (top). The Australian landscape photographed from the Kungkalahayi lookout in Purnululu National Park. AOPA PILOT • 85 • DECEMBER 2011