Dr. I'm in Melbourne. We probably get more cloud around our CBD than you do and our airwaves get quite congested around Melbourne. Remember, people move to QLD to retire. It can literally be so busy you can barely get a word in and I shudder to think what would happen every time I'm operating on a clearance and I call Pan or Mayday every time a little bit of cloud comes my way.
Moorabbin GAAP had a cloud base of 1,000ft on Sunday and Special VFR ops were in force.
Joseph, et, al, let's assume now that I am IFR rated and in an appropriately equipped IFR rated aircraft. Does that change things - I would think not, you're still operating as VFR. Surely you can't just keep going into cloud without calling?