RAAF transports four fur seals

Updated October 20 2016 - 1:21pm, first published 10:26am
FLYING SEALS: An Air Force C-27J Spartan transport aircraft has flown four juvenile New Zealand Fur Seals from the Gold Coast in Queensland to Merimbula on the New South Wales south coast. The seals are survivors of a larger group that was stranded in Queensland earlier this year. Picture: Australian Defence.
FLYING SEALS: An Air Force C-27J Spartan transport aircraft has flown four juvenile New Zealand Fur Seals from the Gold Coast in Queensland to Merimbula on the New South Wales south coast. The seals are survivors of a larger group that was stranded in Queensland earlier this year. Picture: Australian Defence.

Crews from RAAF Base Richmond on board a C-27J Spartan have transported an unusual load recently – four fur seals from Sea World.