Dumped, buried, burnt, scrapped or saved in Australia after WW2

There are many "stories" circulating about military equipment and aircraft being dumped, buried, burnt, scrapped or saved after World War 2. Many of these "stories" are not true. I repeat them all here with the hope that someone will eventually be able to provide that missing bit of information that will either confirm or debunk the stories told.

My advice is "Don't believe everything you hear" when it comes to these sort of stories.

Generally, where I am not sure whether to story is true I will word the home page in an appropriate way to suggest that I either do not believe the story or am seeking confirmation.

Archerfield Quarry - Full of WW2 aircraft and equipment	Bren Guns etc buried in swampy area in Meeandah Army Camp	Bitumen lined trenches at base of hill near Beenleigh Rum Distillery (Is this another Urban myth?)
Buried engines at Banyo	Buried WWII Ammunition located near Gateway Motorway at Nundah, Brisbane, QLD in about Nov/Dec 2003	Engines, cars, trucks and Harley Davidson motor bikes buried in the Forest Lake area
Deshon Street - after the war, 3 gliders in crates were stored where path used to come across the creek	Harley Davidsons at Banyo Army Camp	Jeeps etc buried at Fairfield
Johnston Street, Bulimba Wrecked aircraft dump (Brisbane)	Link Trainer in scrub behind dog track at Coolangatta	Merlin Engines from Archerfield were dumped at the end of war near corner of Cavendish Rd and Stanley St.
Military Aircraft, machinery and Surplus Equipment dumped in flooded Quarry at Morningside (Brisbane)	Military Equipment dumped in disused mines on the Darling Downs?? (Is this another urban myth?)	Military Equipment buried in Rasey Park, Butterfield St, Herston
Military Equipment buried in Downey Park, Windsor	Military Equipment buried in what is now C.P. Bottomley Park, Norman Park	Military equipment buried at King Avenue, Willawong, Brisbane
Military Equipment stored in cave under Kissing Point, Townsville (Bofors Guns and 50 calibre ammunition)	P-38 Lightnings buried at Eagle Farm airfield under the sand fill for the International airport (is this an urban myth - more than likely)	Roseneath, near Townsville Aircraft burnt
Sunshine Coast, Queensland Aircraft dumped offshore	Vickers Road, Townsville 221 Hellcats and Harley Davidsons buried in 3 pits (They're still they're folks!!)	Whites Hill, was US Amy Equipment buried?
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Š Peter Dunn 2003

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2 Spitfires, 1 Vultee Vengeance, and 1 Mosquito donated to Sydney Techncal College	A Mosquito at Richmond still in its original crate	MV Matagalpa scuttled off Sydney on 6 Sep 1947
Tocumwal - aircraft buried	SS Bantam sunk off Sydney full of Chemical Weapons on 24 Sep 1946	Were there Spitfire parts buried under site of Bass Hill Drive-in Theatre?
Western New South Wales Aircraft dumped in old coal mine shafts

Vehicles, aircraft parts, ammunition, bombs, mustard gas and machine guns being buried at Nhill airfield	Studebaker army trucks found in a tunnel at Bandiana	Possible WW2 equipment in a tunnel at Mt. Evelyn
Was there a Japanese Zero buried at East Sale?