Formerly VH-RQV which had its registration revoked in 2006. It was restored to the register in 2010 as VH-LQI. Brent Cash photo.

VH-BQI went derelict on a farming property north of Sydney after the hull was holed on nearby Lake Macquarie. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

VH-BQI was one of three Sea Otters to serve with the Australian navy from 1948 to 1953. A few months after being civil registered in December 1954 it struck a submerged tree stump at RAAF Rathmines. Despite being holed, it reached the flying boat ramp safely. There it sat for many years until relocated to a rural property at nearby Awaba where it slowly fell apart. The weathering exposed its former military marks. The cockpit and nose now preserved at the Fleet Arm Museum, Nowra.