Mildura is a great place. I used to fly into Mildura monthly and loved it. But the current airport management are anti GA and I suspect are price gouging to benefit their own salary bonuses.
the landing fee is extortion
the fuel is expensive
the ASIC requirements and entry / exit from the tarmac is tedious.
the GA parking is an absolute scandal. the surface is just plain dangerous to props. I won’t park our twin in the GA area and I make arrangements to park it privately.
the staff are snooty
By contrast, the fuel at Wentworth is cheaper and the people friendly with no landing fees.
The only reason you’d land at Mildura is if you needed the instrument approach or needed a hire car. But for our twin, landing & fuelling at Mildura will cost more than Essendon
it really pains me to say that because Mildura has a nice flying club and some really good local GA businesses. It’s a shame that they are collateral damage.