Hi Turbine,. .. .On the CASA page you can download the Day VFR syllabus and the current flight test form, which has been in use for around three years now. All elements have to be tested at PPL whether they have a GFPT or not, and should be to a higher standard than at GFPT stage.. .. .Obviously you wouldn't enter someone for test if they hadn't done a steep turn etc for several months, so all this has to be brushed up beforehand, and the achievement records have to be signed that they have reached the required standard. Especially when your friendly local FOI may come and do the test for you!. .. .Most of the general elements can be incorporated into the mock and real PPL test without having to do them as a separate exercise, eg you can do the circuits, EFATO etc at the first destination, then give them the forced landing, followed by a precautionary search of the paddock they chose for the forced landing, and then go off on the low level leg. From there, slap on the foggles, climb up to a safe altitude IF, back to visual and then do a couple of stall recoveries and steep turns. After that they should be able to orientate themselves, and from there I give them the diversion, then home to finish off with a short field landing.. .. .This simulates a situation where they can show that even if they get into a bit of strife they can recover and successfully divert. If they can't handle continuing the flight after difficult and disorientating sequences they aren't fit to hold a PPL.. .. .Re your post, Strewth, MBZs are few and far between, the nearest one here in daylight hours is two hours flying time away; the syllabus doesn't call for a solo trip to an MBZ, especaily as in your area it sounds like it wouldn't be very beneficial to the student just to go straight there and back, better to do a triangular nav with a CTAF included. But surely your CFI has the nav routes laid out in the ops manual, it's not up to the other instructors to make them up?