Hi,
what chart can I use for VFR navigation beyond the VTC (that includes Fraser I)?
Good point as the VTC's and (whatever they call the) half-mil charts don't cover the entire land area: far from it! They use the big 1 mill topo charts when away from major cities and other chunks of controlled airspace.
Yes the VPG's are great: in case anyone else is looking for them, they can be downloaded for free in PDF format here:
http://www.casa.gov.au/avreg/pilot/pilotgde.htm "These educational products are designed to assist VFR pilots operating at Australia's General Aviation Approach Procedures (GAAP) aerodromes" it says.
Good question re- Danger Areas - they do seem to be differently handled to here. I think you'll find the detail from ERSA where each of the Danger Areas is listed. Quite often they are relatively innocuous - for example, PPL training areas are set aside as Danger Areas (which I am guessing is most likely reason why one would abut the Archerfield GAAP) so you're just meant to be more alert when chunking through the area and
AFAIK you don't need to get a crossing service from ATC. But they are not all as innocuous - there are also MIL danger areas for example. As I say, I am pretty sure the answer would be in ERSA.
Lastly, do you know there is a PPRUNE section dedicated to Australia & NZ known as "Dunnunda and Godzone" (D&G) which is here:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/forumdi...s=&forumid=24. You could probably get some good advice and more answers to your questions in the GA forum within that section, which is here:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/forumdi...?s=&forumid=91 - I have taken the liberty of posting a pointer to this thread there for you.
Andy