Flying in Queensland
Eh up,
I'm off on my Hols to Oz and NZ in four weeks time and have booked an C172 for a weekend (after a checkout) from an operator at Brisbane's Archerfield aprt.
I'm looking for some feedback from any UK PPL's who have done a checkout and hired down there. Any gotcha's?
Also, perhaps from some locals, details of any good places to visit. I want to cover about three hours flying a day, for two days. My current plan is to work from Archerfield up to Gympie (does anyone know anything about Gympie??? Facilities, resturants, etc.) then across to Hervey Bay. I'd like to stop the night on Fraser Island at the Eurong Beach resort. Anyone got any experience of landing on their strip?
Next day I'd like to cover the coast stopping at Maroochydore then down to Coolangata via Morton / Stradbroke Islands VFR routes. Then back to Archerfield. Anyone see any problems with that route?
Any feedback would be really appreciated....
Thanks.