Close inspection Scarab 1 craft - 1975
Ongoing problem solving Scarab 1 - 1975
Land trial . . . . . Scarab 1 - 1975
Water trial . . . . . Scarab 1 - 1975
Water trial . . . . . Scarab 1 - 1975
Things didn't always go right, The end of scarab 1 - 1976
long distance record in late 1976 new scarab 2 and skimmer craft
1976 long distance record scarab 2 Peter Venn captain and father Don Venn on left
1976 long distance record - Peter Venn and David Tickell, and Dan Venn in background craft
Skimmer hovercraft making its way up fish ladder at Mt Crosby weir Brisbane River 1976
Now its time to go to work on Somerset Dam controlling water weeds 1979
Working on Somerset Dam 1979
Scarab 2 modified with a much larger triple duct fan thrust unit
Long hose hand spraying. Hovercraft gets into those hard to get at places
Peter's hovercraft business grows and develops 1986
Pushing through thick weed 1987
Scarab 2 fitted with spraying boom to control Salvinia water weed 1987
Scarab 2 has capability of putting down specialised chemicals very accurately 1988
Special purpose fibreglass scarab 2 hovercraft built for Hawkesbury River County Council
Peter Venn uses his hovercraft to spray the voracious water hyacinth - June 1991
Scarab 1 - 1975