CareFlight Base Tours
The CareFlight centre at our national headquarters at Westmead is a working helicopter base and groups are very welcome to arrange a visit to see the hangars and helicopters and learn about the wonderful work that CareFlight does in saving lives.
There are two ways in which you can visit the base:
Base Visits
'Power', on the pad at the Westmead base.
You can arrange for your group to visit the base on weekdays between 10.30am and 7.30pm. Weekend visits can also be arranged. The duration of the visit is approximately 60 minutes. There is no charge for your visit, though to help raise vital funds to keep our doctors flying, the well known CareFlight Bears will be available for sale during the visit. Other CareFlight merchandise will also be available and donations are gratefully accepted. Morning tea, afternoon tea and supper can be arranged.
Base Dinners
You can arrange for your club to hold one of its weekly or monthly meetings at the base and combine it with a dinner. At weekends we can make this a lunch or dinner.
CareFlight will set out chairs and tables for a sit-down meal in the hangar and will organise for a caterer to provide a main course, dessert, tea/coffee and soft drinks, if required. There is a cost per head for this catering. Groups can make their own catering arrangements if they wish to do so, but please note that CASA regulations prohibit the consumption of alcohol on our operational premises. The recommended start time for a base dinner is between 6.30pm and 7.00pm.
The helicopter crew will be invited to talk to the guests about their work and to join them for dinner. However CareFlight cannot guarantee the presence of the helicopters during a visit, as they may be away on a mission or on essential crew training.
Please Note
The CareFlight base is operational from 9.30 am to 9.30pm every day, so in the event that our helicopters require major maintenance it may be necessary for us to ask you to reschedule your visit. We will endeavour to give you as much notice as possible.
As the operations base for a helicopter medical service, safety precautions apply and smoking is not permitted. You will be required to provide a list of all those attending for security reasons.
CareFlight Base Visit Flyer (PDF, 65KB)
If you require any further information regarding a base visit or base dinner, please contact Community Engagement Coordinator John Ebbott on
(02) 9843 5100 or email events@careflight.org.
