"You're a (very new) private pilot, VFR and on your way North out of Brisbane, some Wx closes off your planned route, and now your only choice for a safe landing is to land at Gympie and wait out the passing storm cell."
You consult your ERSA and find prior permission is required. you have been constantly reminded throughout your training, that to break the rules can make you a criminal, in fact your petrified having got into this position in the first place you have already become a criminal, you are therefore very reluctant to communicate your dilemma. You press on with tragic results.
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