Historic Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) Museum

Entirely volunteer-run, HARS keeps Australia's aviation past airworthy rather than merely archived. At Shellharbour Airport, guided tours move between flying-condition aircraft — a CAC CA-27 Sabre, a PBY-6A Catalina, a Fokker FVIIB Southern Cross replica — and ongoing restorations. The Grumman Tracker 844, recently turned 60 and mid-100-hourly service, makes the stakes concrete. Open daily, an hour south of Sydney.