Take-off with Airborne Australia!

Okay, we'll be the first to admit that things have, well, been a little quiet here at Amazing Australia headquarters for the last month or so. But we have a very good excuse - and, no, it wasn't because we spent the whole summer sipping cold drinks by the pool.

Instead, we've been hunched over our keyboard (or, in Doug's case, his drawing board), busily putting the finishing touches to the next book in the Amazing Australia series - Airborne Australia!

In case you haven't guessed by now, Airborne Australia is all about the history of aviation in Australia, from the pioneering days of hot-air balloons and box kites, to the modern era of supersonic fighter jets and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Like its predecessor, Prehistoric Australia, this new book is packed to the rafters with puzzles, activities, thrilling stories and true tales of aerial daring. And there's an action-packed, full colour comic strip, documenting the devastating Japanese bombing raid on Darwin in 1942!

Airborne Australia will be published by Random House Australia on 1 April 2008 and will be available at all good bookstores across the country.

And remember - keep watching the skies!