
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