OK we can talk about the weather now!!! For once it actually cooperated...
Finally, on the - wait for it - SEVENTEENTH attempt we got in the air and did that solo check nav to Canberra. This had been cancelled three times in the last week alone...
First leg down to Moruya (through the Nowra mil restricted zone) went really well (hard to get lost there - just keep Australia on your right!), we couldn't find the ALA at Braidwood so picked a likely-looking paddock for a prec search - then relatively low-level (1000'AGL) off to Canberra, shut down there for fuel. A diversion direct to Goulburn rather than via Gunning, then back to Wolly. We buggered around a little over various places (prec search at Braidwood, PFL at Goulburn, couple of circuits back at Wollongong due to a pretty poor approach) so it was a damn long flight - 3.9 hours in all. However - the flying was (just) to an acceptable standard for being signed off for my first solo nav - will hopefully occur Friday all going well.
So... very happy with that!
Adam