Being airborne is a great way to see the countryside and, at the moment, one of the only ways to tour the rain-drenched areas of western NSW and Queensland.

Kim and Darryl Walker from Sydney's northern beaches spent a day in Coonamble last week when their gyrocopter sightseeing trip was interrupted by wet weather.

They fly a fully-enclosed tandem gryo with a Rotax 912 motor with turbocharge.

"It's about 140 horsepower and runs on car fuel," said Darryl. "I'm the captain and Kim has only had one lesson so she's in the back."

The couple left Wallsend airfield at Newcastle and flew to Coonamble in four hours, including a fuel and coffee stop in Mudgee where they were given a lift into town by a crop-dusting pilot.

From there they travelled via Walgett, Lightning Ridge and Bourke to Charleville and finally Caboolture, before heading back down the coast.

Darryl and Kim Walker overnighted in Coonamble and had a delayed re-start due to rainy weather.

The key destination is the west Queensland Channel Country.

"We saw it on TV and we'd never heard of the Channel Country," said Darryl. "We travel a lot overseas but we've never really been out west. Then we heard of the Macquarie Marshes."

"We just wanted to go and see it," said Kim. "It just seemed like a really great thing to do and so far the people have been really friendly."

How cool is this?! This is just a snippet of Darryl and Kim Walker's footage of their flight over the Macquarie Marshes last week.

The gyro cruises at between 300 and 1000 feet, and with an average cruising airspeed of 75-85 knots.

"We'll see it from a different perspective, like few people get to," said Kim.

"When you travel by air you have to really plan where you go so you learn it in a lot of detail and you get to see what's really out there."

Also on their agenda is the chicken racing in Winton and a pub at Stonehenge bought by a couple of mates on a night of a few too many beers, which they also saw on TV.

Darryl Walker gets a bird's eye view of the Macquarie Marshes last week. PHOTO: D&K Walker

The Walkers are recording their own travels, with cameras mounted on the gyrocopter's tail, mast and between the wheels.